William Robertson - Kembla Grange, NSW
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Buried in the Kembla Grange Old cemetery is William Robertson, the victim of a workplace accident.
Waymark Code: WMTJCA
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 11/29/2016
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The Kembla Grange Old cemetery contains 59 inscriptions dating from 1907 to 1967. William Robertson's headstone shows that he was killed on 12th April 1935 aged 17 at the Wongawilli Mine, which is still in operation.
His death was reported in the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper on 13th April 1935 as:
WHEELER FATALLY INJURED.
WOLLONGONG, Friday.
William Robertson, of Dapto, a wheeler employed at the Wongawilli colliery, while trying to unclip skips in the mine, was caught between them and suffered injuries from which he died before he could be removed.
The article appears in Trove, the repository of digitised newspapers for the National Library of Australia, see website below.
Type of Death Listed: Accident
Website (if available): [Web Link]
Cause of death inscription on headstone: Not listed
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