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Thomas Walter EASTERLING
Parents:
Walter George & Elizabeth (Bessie) Pascoe
Thomas WalterEASTERLING:
Born: 7 August 1890 Forest Lodge, Grebe, NSW {1}
Died: 23 June 1919 Sydney Hospital, NSW {2}
Occupation: Bank Clerk
Probate {7}
The Sydney Morning Herald Sat 16 June 1917
Engagements
The engagement is announced of Mr. Thos Walter Easterling eldest son of W G. and Mrs Easterling of Canterbury, with Miss Lily Hudson, only daughter of the late John Hudson, of Katoomba
ATTESTATION PAPER {6}
Thomas Walter Easterling
N of K - Father Walter George Easterling of Minter Street, Canterbury
Joined - 28 May 1917
Age - 25 8/12 yrs
Born - Dalmain, Sydney, Cumberland, NSW
Occupation - Bank Clerk
Married - No
Evening News (Sydney, NSW)
Saturday 28 June 1919
BANK CLERK SHOT - DEATH OF EASTERLING
Thomas Walter Easterling, the bank clerk who was shot accidentally at the Government Savings Bank of New South Wales in Moore-street, City, on Thursday evening, died in the Sydney Hospital this morning as a result of his injuries.
The bullet struck Easterling in the chest and went down into his stomach.
An operation was performed at the hospital and he appeared to be progressing favorably, but he took a bad turn and died shortly fterwards
He was the son of Mr Easterling, a well known officer of the Railway Department and was 28 years of age.
REVOLVER ACCIDENT.
Sydney, Friday.
While Hermann Burrows was removing cartridges, from an automatic revolver at the Government Savings Bank, Moore-street, one exploded and entered the stomach of Thomas Easterling another clerk, whose condition is critical. The affair was purely accidental, as both men are the best of friends.
The Kyogle Examiner, NSW Sat 28 June 1919
A BANK CLERK SHOT.
Revolver Accidentally Explodes.
A shooting accident occurred at the Government Savings Bank of New South Wales, Sydney, on Thursday, as a result of which a clerk named Thomas W. Easterling, of Canterbury, lost his life. Easterling and a teller named Hermann Burrows were working late at the bank. About nine o'clock the clerks finished their work, and were unloading the automatic revolver usually kept at the bank. Suddenly one of the cartridges exploded, and the bullet struck Easterling in the chest and went down into the abdomen. He died shortly after.
The Farmer and Settler, Sydney, NSW Tue 1 July 1919
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NSW Registry of Births, Deaths [&] Marriages
http://bdm.nsw.gov,au/
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Digitised Newspapers from the National Library of Australia
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/
{3}
Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales (Free BMD)
http://www.freebmd.org.uk/
{4}
Rookwood Anglican & General Cemeteries website
http://www.rookwoodcemetery.com.au/
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Woronora Cemetery [&] Crematorium
www.woronoracemetery.org.au/
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National Archives of Australia
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/
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New South Wales Will Books 1800-1952
Easterling Thomas Walter late of Canterbury, Bank Clerk
26 August 1919 On this date letters of Administration of the estate of the said deceased were granted to Walter George Easterling of ‘Iona’ Minter Street, Canterbury, Accountant the father of the said deceased intestate.
Died at Sydney 28 June 1919
Estate valued at £342 10 0. nett
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