SMITH, Lewis Carlton

Name – SMITH, Lewis Carlton
Born – 1/01/1925
Died – 15/09/1958
Location – No 57 Anglican Section
Mother – Violet May Fawlkner
Father – Henry Stephen Smith

Notes – Lewis Carlton Smith was born to Violet May (nee Fawlkner) and Henry Stephen Smith in 1925 at Bundaberg, QLD. He married Margaret Jane Green on the 25th of January, 1947.

From the electoral roll information, we can see he was involved in the timber industy for some time. He moved from sawmill to sawmill. He must have been working at the Weranga mill at the time of his death.

He had worked at the Weranga mill years before when he was involved in an accident where his face was hit by a crankhandle. Read here.

Lewis had census records of : 1954 at Goondiwindi as a sawmill hand and 1954 Weranga with Margaret, still a  sawmill hand. In 1955 Lewis, mechanic and Margaret housewife appear on the roll as living at Milne Street, Tara.

Lewis headstone reads – In loving Memory of Lewis Carlton Smith . Passed away 15th September, 1958. Aged 33years.

Newspaper Article – Read here. This article is not currently available for viewing.

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