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- 1943 'LOCAL AND GENERAL
Late Mr. W. A. Smith
The death occurred at the St. John of God Hospital on Monday evening of Mr. Wilfred Augustus (Gus) Smith, of Durlacher Street. The deceased returned to Geraldton from a fishing trip on Saturday last and was taken suddenly ill during the, early hours of Monday morning.
He was removed to hospital but died shortly after admission. The late Mr. Smith was born in Geraldton fifty-four years ago in a two storey house which still stands in Marine Terrace, near the Francis Street intersection.
It was in the early days of the town an hotel known as the Pig and Whistle. His father (the late Mr. W. R. Smith) conducted a boot making and repairing business in premises alongside the home. For more than thirty years the deceased plied his trade as a fisherman from the port of Geraldton, and although on occasions he accepted other employment, he was invariably drawn back to his Evocation.
He is survived by a wife,
two sons (George, of the R.A.A.F. and Ronald of the A.I.F.), and two daughters.
Other members of his family who survive him are his sisters.
Mrs. F. E. Prunster (Perth)
Mrs. Flockman (Perth)
Mrs. Jas. Brady (Bootenal)
Mrs. B. Phillips (Geraldton)
Mrs. A. B. Truran (Geraldton)
and
Messrs T. Smith, and
R. A. Smith, of Perth,
W. Smith,
J. Smith and
A. A Smith, of Geraldton (brothers).
The funeral was hold in the Anglican portion of the Utakarra Cemetery this afternoon. [1]
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1889 - 1943 (54 years)
