John Leonard New - Berkeley Pioneer Cemetery, Unanderra, NSW - Graves Mentioning a Cause of Death on Waymarking.com

The National Library of Australia Digitised Newspapers (Trove) has an article about the death published in the Sydney Morning Herald.

The Sydney Morning Herald reported on Saturday 4 September 1937 the results of an inquiry into his death. Headed:

DANGER OF DOGS IN STREETS.

MOSS VALE, Friday.

A verdict of accidental death was returned after an inquiry into the death of John Leonard New at Berrima. New was thrown from a motor bicycle when two dogs rushed in front of the machine. The district coroner said that action should be taken to rid the streets of ownerless mongrels, which were a source of danger to traffic. He said that they should be taxed off the streets.

Type of Death Listed: Accident Website (if available): [Web Link] Cause of death inscription on headstone: Not listed

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