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23-December-2019
23-December-2019

Photographs supplied by Sandra Brown

The headstone at the grave commemorates R. Murphy who died in 1925 at the age of 66. The headstone was erected by the Newcastle Coal Trimmers Federation.

Note: Coal trimmers were the waterside workers who loaded coal as cargo and into bunkers on steam ships. The union became the Newcastle Coal Trimmers Branch of the Waterside Workers' Federation in 1921.

 

Location

Address:Maitland Road, Catholic_1; Section 22; Plot 68, Sandgate Cemetery, Sandgate, 2304
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -32.869167
Long: 151.706111
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Grave
Monument Theme:People
Sub-Theme:Industry

Dedication

Front Inscription

To the memory of their late comrade 

R. Murphy

Died 4th April 1925

Aged 66 years

Erected by the Newcastle Coal Trimmers Federation as a tribute


 

Source: MA
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