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Raymond Harold May

Birth
Death
1947 (aged 16–17)
Burial
Rookwood, Cumberland Council, New South Wales, Australia Add to Map
Plot
Old Church England. Sect T
Memorial ID
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Son of Victor and Mary

BOY DROWNED IN HARBOUR

Worked On Ferry

A deckhand fell from the Bal-main ferry Project and was drowned yesterday afternoon.
He was Raymond Harold May, 16, of Jane Street, Balmain. When the ferry was about 100 yards from the Erskine Street ferry wharf a member of the crew saw May struggling in the water and the ferry turned back. When the ferry reached the scene May had disappeared. The body has not been recovered. Anyone who saw the accident is asked to contact Sergeant Edwards, of the Water Police.

The Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 18 March 1947
Son of Victor and Mary

BOY DROWNED IN HARBOUR

Worked On Ferry

A deckhand fell from the Bal-main ferry Project and was drowned yesterday afternoon.
He was Raymond Harold May, 16, of Jane Street, Balmain. When the ferry was about 100 yards from the Erskine Street ferry wharf a member of the crew saw May struggling in the water and the ferry turned back. When the ferry reached the scene May had disappeared. The body has not been recovered. Anyone who saw the accident is asked to contact Sergeant Edwards, of the Water Police.

The Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 18 March 1947

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