Deaths in the 1940s

Wallace Mills

1915–1943 (age 28)

Atherton War Cemetery

Wallace Mills was an Australian rules football player.

Jack Beasley

1895–1949 (age 54)

Frenchs Forest Bushland Cemetery

Warwick Armstrong

1879–1947 (age 68)

South Head Cemetery

Warwick Armstrong was an acclaimed Australian cricketer and captain of exceptional talent.

Jack Armstrong

1899–1942 (age 43)

South Head Cemetery

Jimmy Matthews

1884–1943 (age 59)

Williamstown Cemetery

Jimmy Matthews was an Australian cricketer of the early twentieth century.

Richard Daykin

1887–1943 (age 56)

Bendigo Remembrance Park

Alby Pilcher

1878–1948 (age 70)

Bendigo Remembrance Park

Alby Pilcher was an Australian rules football player of the early twentieth century.

Phil Hunt

1884–1946 (age 62)

Bendigo Remembrance Park

Spencer Hayman

1885–1946 (age 61)

Bendigo Remembrance Park

Spencer Hayman was an Australian rules football player of the early twentieth century.

Les Oliver

1890–1942 (age 52)

Bendigo Remembrance Park

Bill Lynch

1892–1947 (age 55)

Beechworth Cemetery

Bill Lynch was an Australian rules football player of the early twentieth century.

John James Liston

1872–1944 (age 72)

Williamstown Cemetery

Mick Holligan

1881–1948 (age 67)

Beechworth Cemetery

Mick Holligan was an Australian rules football player of the early twentieth century.

Greg McGirr

1879–1949 (age 70)

Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium

Art Gilchrist

1879–1947 (age 68)

Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium

Art Gilchrist was an Australian rules football player of the early twentieth century.

Ethel Knight Kelly

1875–1949 (age 74)

Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium

Joseph Perry

1863–1943 (age 80)

Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium

Joseph Perry was a pioneering Australian cinematographer of the early cinema era.

Mary Jane Fennescey

1878–1946 (age 68)

Kadina Cemetery

Gerald Harnett Halligan

1856–1942 (age 86)

Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium

Gerald Harnett Halligan was a hydrographer who contributed to the scientific mapping of Australian waters.

Harry Aylwin

1870–1949 (age 79)

Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium

Peter Campbell

1875–1948 (age 73)

Cheltenham Cemetery

Peter Campbell was an Australian rules football player of the early twentieth century.

Alfred Roy Le Messurier

1886–1946 (age 60)

Cheltenham Cemetery

Bill Wisdom

1912–1940 (age 28)

Cheltenham Cemetery

Bill Wisdom was an Australian rules football player who lived from 1912 to 1940.

Horrie Pope

1887–1949 (age 62)

Cheltenham Cemetery

Alf Miers

1869–1944 (age 75)

Cheltenham Cemetery

Alf Miers was an Australian rules football player who lived from 1869 to 1944.

Con McCormack

1877–1940 (age 63)

Woronora Cemetery and Crematorium

Grahame McConechy

1880–1942 (age 62)

Woronora Cemetery and Crematorium

Grahame McConechy was an Australian rules football player who lived from 1880 to 1942.

William Currey

1895–1948 (age 53)

Woronora Cemetery and Crematorium

Artie Bowe

1888–1949 (age 61)

Woronora Cemetery and Crematorium

Artie Bowe was an Australian rules football player who lived from 1888 to 1949.

Frank Bowey

1881–1947 (age 66)

Woronora Cemetery and Crematorium

David John Gordon

1865–1946 (age 81)

Mitcham Cemetery

David John Gordon was a politician who lived from 1865 to 1946.

Joe Travers

1871–1942 (age 71)

Payneham Cemetery

John Lloyd Price

1882–1941 (age 59)

Mitcham Cemetery

John Lloyd Price was a politician who lived from 1882 to 1941.

Percival Hussey

1869–1944 (age 75)

Mitcham Cemetery

Matthew Charlton

1866–1948 (age 82)

Sandgate Cemetery

Matthew Charlton was a politician who lived from 1866 to 1948.

John Evans

1855–1943 (age 88)

Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium

David O'Keefe

1864–1943 (age 79)

Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium

David O'Keefe was a politician who lived from 1864 to 1943.

Eddie Ford

1917–1946 (age 29)

Katandra

Harry Cordner

1885–1943 (age 58)

Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium

Harry Cordner was an Australian rules football player who lived from 1885 to 1943.

Joe Darling

1870–1946 (age 76)

Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium

William Leitch

1863–1943 (age 80)

Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium

William Leitch was a businessperson who lived from 1863 to 1943.

George Johnston

1877–1945 (age 68)

Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium

Jemima Elizabeth Mary Stevens

1855–1940 (age 85)

Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium

A nun who dedicated her life to religious service and community care.

Lucy Madeline Butler

1852–1942 (age 90)

Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium

Derek Mollison

1901–1943 (age 42)

North Rockhampton

An Australian rules football player active in the early twentieth century.

Percy William Donegan

d. 1949

Toodyay Public Cemetery

Elizabeth Jane Morrell

1865–1949 (age 84)

Greenough Pioneer Cemetery

A botanical collector who contributed to nineteenth-century plant science.

David Hickinbotham

1862–1941 (age 79)

Geelong Western Cemetery

Les Bailiff

1877–1948 (age 71)

Geelong Western Cemetery

An Australian rules football player of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Anthony Daly

1874–1942 (age 68)

Dudley Park Cemetery