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27-November-2019
27-November-2019

Photographs supplied by Sandra Brown

The headstone at the grave commemorates Olaf A. Johnson who died in 1931. The headstone was erected by the Newcastle Coaltrimmers Branch Waterside Workers Federation (W.W.F.). 

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, Anglican_2; Section 140; Plot 38, 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

Newcastle Coal Trimmers Branch Waterside Workers Federation

As a tribute to the memory of their late Comrade

Olaf A. Johnson

[ illegible ] 

Johnson

 

 

 

Source: MA
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