James Dalziel - Lithgow, NSW
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S 33° 29.538 E 150° 07.891
56H E 233492 N 6290451
James Dalziel was accidentally killed in a motor car accident on 21 August 1939 aged 20 years.
Waymark Code: WMWQTT
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 10/04/2017
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His death was reported in The Canberra Times on 22 Aug 1939 as:
Overturns Into Creek
ONE KILLED: TWO INJURED
Lithgow Monday.
James Stewart Dalziel of Lithgow, was injured fatally and four young men were admitted to hospital when a motor car skidded off the road near Hartley early this morning and fell 15ft into a shallow creek. When the car struck the edge of the creek the men were flung out and all except James Wilson were rendered unconscious.
The Newspaper article is reproduced in Trove Digitised Newspapers, National Library of Australia, the website listed below.
His headstone is worded:
In loving memory of
James Dalziel
Beloved husband of Nell
And devoted father of Charles
Accidentally killed 21st August 1939
Aged 20 years
Type of Death Listed: Accident
Cause of death inscription on headstone: Accident
Website (if available): [Web Link]
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