Albert
Stanley
"Bert"
Colbert
Born in Yanac, Victoria, Australia
Ancestors 
Son of [father unknown] and Catharine (Ohlstrom) Colbert
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 22
in Canowindra, New South Wales, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Jun 2016
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Biography
Albert was born in 1895. He was the son of Michael Colbert and Catherine Ohlstrom.[1]
Research notes
IMPALED ON IRON BAR
RAILWAY EMPLOYEE'S DEATH CANOWINDRA. Thursday.
An accident, which proved fatal, happened in the railway yard here today. A porter in the Traffic Department, named Albert Colbert, was engaged on a truck of chaff tightening the ropes - when he slipped and fell upright on the permanent way. The pinch bar is about five feet long, sharpened at both ends, and is used for levering trucks along the line. The unfortunate man fell on this bar, the end. of which penetrated the lower part of his body about nine inches. Medical aid was immediately summoned, but there was no hope for his recovery. He died at 1 p.m. today.[2]
Sources
- ↑ Birth Index (Victoria Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 19 May 2024). Index entry for Albt Stanley COLBERT, Year: 1894; Parents: Michl and Cath OLSTROM; Place: YANAC Reg. Number: 34229/1894
- ↑ The Bathurst Times (NSW : 1909 - 1925) Fri 2 Feb 1917
- NSW Death 3457/1917 (Parents= MICHAEL & KATHLEEN, nee OLSTROM)
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