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The headstone on the grave commemorates Dao Thanh, a Vietnamese sailor who died at sea after breaking his neck in a shipboard accident at 6:30pm on 25 March 1940 aboard the SS Notou on approach to Stenhouse Bay to collect a consignment of gypsum for Noumea.
Although it would seem that the vessel was in local South Australian waters, the death occurred on a foreign vessel and this resulted in some difficulties. Eventually it was decided to bury Dao Thanh ashore with a Buddhist ceremony and there the grave remained unmarked until the present headstone was erected by the Vietnamese community in 1997.
Location
| State: | SA |
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| Area: | Foreign |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -35.280563 Long: 136.942247 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Grave |
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| Monument Theme: | People |
| Sub-Theme: | Tragedy |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 25-March-1940 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 25-March-1940 |
| Link: | http://www.jaunay.com/thanh.html |
Dedication
Dao Thanh
Le Tonkinios
Died at sea
25 - 3 - 40
Plaque :
To commemorate Dao Thanh
The first Vietnamese to arrive at Yorke Peninsula South Australia
Died on 25 - 3 - 1940
Erected by the Vietnamese Community of SA
13. 11. 1997
