FRY, Elsie Muriel

Name – FRY, Elsie Muriel
Born – 1904
Died – 10/05/1914
Location – No 2 Methodist Section
Mother – Margaret Jane Kennedy
Father – Frank Edward Fry

Notes – Elsie was born at Narracan, Victoria to Margaret Jane (nee Kennedy) and Frank Edward Fry.

She had one full sister Margaret, and two full brothers Clarence and Keith who were twins. She also had half siblings from her father’s first marriage and they were Blanche, Annie, Arthur and Mary. Elsie’s mother died when she was only twelve months old.

Elsie is buried with her father Frank Edward Fry who died six months after she did. Their headstone also bears a memorial to her half-brother Arthur Franklin Fry, who died during the First World War in Belgium in 1917.

The full inscription on the headstone reads – In Affectionate Remembrance of Frank Edward Fry Died Nov 2nd, 1914 aged 54 Years – Elsie Muriel Fry Died May 10th, 1914 aged 9 years – Arthur Franklin Fry A.I.F. Killed in Action Oct 2nd, 1917 Aged 22 years.

Newspaper Article – Obituary

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