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14-March-2018
Photographs supplied by Graeme Saunders
The grave headstone commemorates Private William Dalton of the 99th Regiment of Foot who drowned while bathing in December 1853.
Location
Address: | Quality Row, Kingston, Cemetery, Norfolk Island, 2899 |
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State: | NSW |
Area: | AUS |
GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -29.057195 Long: 167.967357 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
Monument Type: | Grave |
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Monument Theme: | People |
Sub-Theme: | Tragedy |
Actual Event Start Date: | 29-December-1853 |
Actual Event End Date: | 29-December-1853 |
Dedication
Front Inscription
Source: MAOf Your Charity Pray For The Soul Of
William Dalton, Private of H.M.
99th Regt Drowned 29th Dec
1853 While Bathing at Emily Bay
Aged 31 Years. R.I.P.
"My life is cut off as by a Sea
verwhistt I was Yet But beginning,
he cut me off."
Isa XXXVIII.XII
This stone has been erected
by his affectionate comrades.
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