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Frank Leslie Burchmore

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Frank Leslie Burchmore

Birth
Death
1911 (aged 21–22)
Burial
Rookwood, Cumberland Council, New South Wales, Australia GPS-Latitude: -33.8726684, Longitude: 151.0535147
Plot
Independent Sect G
Memorial ID
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DROWNING CASES.
On Sunday a railway employee named Frank Leslie Burchmore (21) was drowned in the
Woronora River about four miles above Como .
Burchmore left his home In Belmore Street Alexandria in the morning to spend the day with some friends who had a camp on the river. He went for a swim with another camper named Ernest Williams nnd was seized with cramps and sank. The body was recovered in about ten feet of water. An attempt lasting over two hours was made to restore animation but without avail

The Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 28 February 1911
DROWNING CASES.
On Sunday a railway employee named Frank Leslie Burchmore (21) was drowned in the
Woronora River about four miles above Como .
Burchmore left his home In Belmore Street Alexandria in the morning to spend the day with some friends who had a camp on the river. He went for a swim with another camper named Ernest Williams nnd was seized with cramps and sank. The body was recovered in about ten feet of water. An attempt lasting over two hours was made to restore animation but without avail

The Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 28 February 1911


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