Edward James Bryant - Welby, NSW
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S 34° 26.155 E 150° 25.735
56H E 263756 N 6186510
Edward James Bryant was accidentally killed on 2nd November 1940 aged 65 years.
Waymark Code: WMX47M
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 11/24/2017
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His death was reported in the Sydney Morning Herald published 4 November 1940 & reproduced in Trove Digitised Newspapers, the National Library of Australia as:
"BODY ON RAILWAY
Bowral Sunday
The mutilated body of Edward James Bryant 65, of Fitzroy, near Mittagong, was found near the railway line near a tunnel between Bowral and Mittagong, early yesterday morning."
His headstone is worded:
In loving memory of our dear father
Edward James Bryant
Accidentally killed 2nd November 1940
Aged 65 years
At Rest.
Type of Death Listed: Accident
Website (if available): [Web Link]
Cause of death inscription on headstone: Not listed
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