Luigi Savegnago - Cooma, NSW, Australia
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Grahame Cookie
S 36° 12.904 E 149° 07.960
55H E 691702 N 5990088
This headstone is for Luigi Savegnago, an immigrant who died on the Snowy Mountains Scheme, 1957, aged 26 years.
Waymark Code: WM108VP
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 03/22/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member iconions
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A white marble tablet is attached to a vertical headstone, for a narrow, concrete-edged grave in the Cooma Cemetery. The inscription reads:

In Memory of
LUIGI SAVEGNAGO
Born Valdagno, Vicenza,
Italy 19-12-30.
Accidentally Killed
Junction Shaft Tunnel 16-7-57
Erected By His Workmates.
R.I.P.

Address: Cooma Cemetery, Mittagang Road, Cooma North, NSW, Australia

Visited: 1504-5, Sunday, 30 December, 2018
[Nothing could be found online, apart from him being buried in the Catholic section of the Mittagang Road, Cooma Cemetery.)

Type of Death Listed: Accident

Cause of death inscription on headstone: Junction Shaft Tunnel

Website (if available): Not listed

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