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Francis WILLIAMS

Burial Location:Lawlers  (details...)
Occupation: Miner, Bootmaker
Place of Death: Public Hospital, Lawlers
Date of Death: 22 August 1899
Age:24 years
Cause of Death:Tetanus and Asphyxia
OGM Ref#: 1018
Headstone:OGM Aluminium
REF 1018 FRANCIS FRANK WILLIAMS - LAWLERS

REF 1018 FRANCIS FRANK WILLIAMS - LAWLERS

This is a photo of a grave Francis Williams Lawlers Cemetery

Ref 1018 Francis Williams Lawlers Cemetery

Biography

Alias Frank. Deceased spent 22 years in Victoria. The deceased died of lockjaw, three weeks after suffering a broken leg in a mining accident at the East Murchison United Gold Mine, Lawlers. This caused traumatic tetanus, lockjaw and eventually asphyxia. Williams was buried in Plot 21, Section C, in the 3rd row west.

Parents:Maria ROLLINS and Thomas WILLIAMS (Engine driver)
Spouse:Unmarried
Birth Details:1875, Ballarat, Victoria; Birth Reg.No. 12557/1875, Spri district.
Death Certificate:1369/1899
Comments:One newspaper report suggests that he had the accident in August and died in early September.