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| Mervyn W CRAMPTON (1898 - 1928) |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
| Mervyn W CRAMPTON (1898 - 1928) + Edith Daphne EMERY (1899 - 1987) |
Sydney John Herbert CRAMPTON (1873 - 1946) | David Barker CRAMPTON (1835 - 1922) | David CRAMPTON (1811 - 1876) | |
| Eliza HAYES | ||||
| Augusta DREW (1838 - 1908) | ||||
| Mary Anne MORRIS (1874 - 1949) | John MORRIS (1845 - 1923) | |||
| Elizabeth PACKETT (1854 - 1943) | ||||
| b. 1898 at Tumut, New South Wales, Australia |
| m. 1922 Edith Daphne EMERY (1899 - 1987) at Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia |
| d. 29 Oct 1928 at Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia aged 30 |
| Cause of Death: |
| electrocuted |
| Parents: |
| Sydney John Herbert CRAMPTON (1873 - 1946) |
| Mary Anne MORRIS (1874 - 1949) |
| Siblings (3): |
| Hector A CRAMPTON (1901 - ) |
| Ernest Raymond CRAMPTON (1904 - ) |
| Roy C CRAMPTON (1909 - ) |
| Events in Mervyn W CRAMPTON (1898 - 1928)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 1898 | Mervyn W CRAMPTON was born | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 73 | ||
| 1922 | 24 | Married Edith Daphne EMERY (aged 23) | Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia | 73 | |
| 29 Oct 1928 | 30 | Mervyn W CRAMPTON died | Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia | 63 | |
| Personal Notes: |
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The Tumut and Adelong Times 30 Oct 1928
TUMUT MAN ELECTROCUTED 33,000 VOLT SHOCK TERRIBLE INJURIES SUCCUMBED YESTERDAY Mr. and Mrs. Sid Cranipton, of Newtown, Tumut, received the heart-rending intelligence on Friday that their eldest son, Mervyn, aged 30 years, of Knox-street, Belmore, had met with a shocking mishap at Strathfield. Mervyn was working as a carpenter on the Strathfield Railway electric sub-station when, while on the roof of the building, he touched an electric cable carrying 33,000 volts. There was a sharp report, accompanied by a blinding flash, and the unfortunate man fell screaming to the ground, a distance of 20 feet. Workmen in the vicinity rushed to his assistance. Practically all the skin on Crampton's body and also his hair had been burned off. What measures that were possible to alleviate his pain were employed, and members of Western suburbs ambulance rushed him to the Western Suburbs Hospital. Yesterday word was received by his relatives in Tumut that Mervyn had passed away. Deceased was a man of fine physique. He leaves a wife (nee Miss Edie Emery, daughter of Mr. Chas Emery, formerly of Tumut and now of Sydney) and daughter aged 5 years, also mother and father, and three brothers (Hector, police constable), Ernest and roy. |
| Source References: |
| 63. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Trove, Title: Trove National Library of Australia, Locn: http://trove.nla.gov.au/ |
| - Reference = The Tumut and Adelong Times 6 Jun 1950 (Name, Notes) |
| - Reference = The Tumut and Adelong Times 30 Oct 1928 (Death) |
| 73. Type: Book, Abbr: Pioneers of Tumut Valley, Title: Pioneers of the Tumult Valley , The History of Early Settlement, Auth: H.E. Snowden, Publ: Tumut & District Historical Society Incorporated, Date: 2004 |
| - Reference = 69 (Name, Notes) |
| - Reference = 69 (Birth) |
| - Reference = 69 (Marriage) |