Lloyd Victor Prentice - Lithgow, NSW
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S 33° 29.601 E 150° 07.910
56H E 233525 N 6290335
Lloyd Victor Prentice was accidentally killed on 11 September 1911 aged 24 years.
Waymark Code: WMWQ6J
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 10/01/2017
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The adjourned inquest into his death was reported by The Daily Telegraph, Sydney on 19 September 1911 as:
Accidental death.
Lithgow, Monday.
The adjourned Inquest on the body of Victor Lloyd Prentice was held in the Court-house this morning, before the District Coroner (Mr. E. P. Richards).
The coroner found that deceased met his death on the Government railway line on the 11th inst. from the effects of injuries accidentally received from being run over by a passing locomotive.
The newspaper article is reproduced in Trove Digitised Newspapers, National Library of Australia, the website listed below.
His headstone is worded:
Also Lloyd Victor Prentice
Accidentally killed 11th Sept. 1911
Aged 24 years.
Type of Death Listed: Accident
Cause of death inscription on headstone: Accident
Website (if available): [Web Link]
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