Dr. Thomas Alfred Machattie, for many years a prominent medical practitioner at Bathurst, died at Portsmouth, England, on Wednesday, aged 73. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 12 May 1928, Page 18
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