Albert Ernest Brooker, 18921971 (aged 79 years)

Name
Albert Ernest /Brooker/
Given names
Albert Ernest
Surname
Brooker
Birth
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Death of a paternal grandmother
Cause: Heart Disease
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Cause: Accident - struck by lightning
Note: Inquest, Bowral Free Press (New South Wales : 1901 - 1906) Wednesday 19 March 1902 p 3 Article.

Inquest, Bowral Free Press (New South Wales : 1901 - 1906) Wednesday 19 March 1902 p 3 Article.

KILLED BY LIGHTNING. .
From our Correspondent,
It is with deep regrret that we have to record the death of John James Brooker (son of Mr. M. Brooker, of East Kangaloon), who was killed by lightning in the severe
storm that passed over the district on Friday afternoon last.

The District Coroner (Mr, A. D. Badgery) conducted an inquest on Saturday last at East Kangaloon, when the following evidence was given :—

Murdo Brooker being duly sworn, stated, that the deceased, John James Brooker, was 14 years old. For the past week he has been out at Kelly's Creek milking the cows, his brother was with him. Yesterday (14th) about 7 p.m., my son Herbert reported" to me that John James had been struck with lightning und killed at Kelly's Creek. I at once proceeded there and found him dead.

He had evidently been struck on the right side of the head, as a strip of hair 1/2 inch wide was completely. removed. There were marks of bruises on the chest, and his shirt and trousers were torn, and the boot was burst off the left foot. Afterwards I placed deceased's body in a vehicle and brought it home.

Herbert Murdo Brooker being duly sworn states : I am a son- of Murdo Brooker, and for the last week have been at Kelly's Creek with the deceased: yesterday (14th) about 5 p.m. deceased and I were milking ; there was a heavy thunderstorm at the time ;.he was sitting down milking : I was milking a few feet away ; I must have been unconscious for a time,perhaps an hour. I felt giddy when I woke ; I received an injury to my finger ; I,looked round me, and saw deceased lying down behind the cow ; the cow was lying dead in the bail; I tried to wake him, but found he was dead, I then carried him to the can house, and rode home and told my father ;

my father at once started for the scene of the accident. Some of the timber about the bail was split. The cow I was milking was singed about the hips and near foreleg.

The jury returned the following verdict; We find that the said J. J. Brooker, at Kelly's Creek, Berrima, N.S. W., on the 14th March, 1902, was accidentally killed by lightning.

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Note: Note: death date listed as 2 Aug 1974 on the Find a Grave Website
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Family with parents
father
18531913
Birth: 13 May 1853 43 44
Death: 29 June 1913Yarrawa, Robertson, New South Wales, Australia
mother
18511940
Birth: 1851Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 5 May 1940East Kangaloon, New South Wales, Australia
himself
18921971
Birth: 9 May 1892 38 41 Robertson, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 29 May 1971Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia
twin brother
18921946
Birth: 9 May 1892 38 41 Kangaloon, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 8 November 1946Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
-4 years
elder brother
1 month
elder brother
22 months
elder sister
18891967
Birth: 20 November 1889 36 38 Kangaloon, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 4 May 1967Los Angeles, California, USA
-22 months
elder brother
18871902
Birth: 1887 33 36 Robertson, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 14 March 1902Kelly's Creek, Berrima, New South Wales, Australia
-15 months
elder sister
18851964
Birth: 27 August 1885 32 34 Robertson, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 8 July 1964District Hospital, Bowral, New South Wales, Australia
9 years
younger brother
18941968
Birth: 3 March 1894 40 43 Robertson, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 2 August 1968Yass, New South Wales, Australia
Family with Private
himself
18921971
Birth: 9 May 1892 38 41 Robertson, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 29 May 1971Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia
wife
Private
daughter
Private
Family with Merial Melina Marshall
himself
18921971
Birth: 9 May 1892 38 41 Robertson, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 29 May 1971Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia
wife
19021968
Birth: 17 June 1902Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 7 May 1968
daughter
Private
daughter
Private
daughter
Private
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