Elvin Raymond Jenkin - General Cemetery,Wollongong, NSW
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S 34° 26.102 E 150° 53.357
56H E 306063 N 6187586
Elvin Raymond Jenkin was accidentally killed on 23 March 1944 aged 22 years.
Waymark Code: WMWEM4
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 08/23/2017
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His death was reported in the Illawarra Mercury on 24 March 1944, in part as:
When Elvin Raymond Jenkln (22) was riding his bicycle home from work shortly before midnight on Wednesday, he was struck from behind by a car. He died later in the Wollongong District Hospital as a result of his injuries. The police have ascertained that Jenkin had no reflector on the rear of his cycle. The deceased was the chief instructor of the Wollongong Surf Life Saving Club.
The full article can be read in Trove Digitised Newspapers, National Library of Australia, the website listed below.
His headstone bears the insignia of the Wollongong Surf Life Saving Club.
Type of Death Listed: Accident
Website (if available): [Web Link]
Cause of death inscription on headstone: Not listed
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