Outback Graves Markers

William BROWN

Burial Location:Menzies Cemetery  (details...)
Occupation: Miner
Place of Death: Public Hospital, Menzies
Date of Death: 29 November 1896
Date of Burial:30 November 1896
Age:23 years
Cause of Death:Endocarditis
OGM Ref#: 2682
Headstone:OGM Aluminium
This is a photograph of plaque number 2682 for WILLIAM BROWN at MENZIES

REF 2682 WILLIAM BROWN MENZIES

Biography

This young man suffered from a life-threatening inflammation of the inner lining of the heart's chambers and valves for 6 days before he died.  He was brought to the hospital from Mulline in a dying state. Brown was the first discoverer of fresh water from Mulline.  It was wrongly reported that he died of fever.

Birth Details:Born circa 1873 in Victoria
Death Certificate:489/1896