Thomas Bodycomb
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Background
Thomas C. Bodycomb died 6 April 1919 in his Home "Rurua" at 30 Doveton Street, Ballarat. He is buried in the Ballaarat Old Cemetery - Area F1, Section 11, Row 2, Grave 21.
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Post 1854 Experiences
Obituary
- Mr. Thomas Bodycomb, for a number of years manager of the Phoenix Foundry, at Ballarat, died on Sunday in his 90th year. He was born in Glamorganshire, in Wales, in 1829, and was a patternmaker before coming to Australia.
- He was in Ballarat at the time of the Eureka Stockade trouble, and was one of those who assisted Captain Wise, who had been mortally, wounded. Mr. Bodycomb was a member of the Exhibition Commission, and the oldest justice of the peace in Ballarat.[1]
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ Orange Leader, 11 April 1919.
External links
https://bih.federation.edu.au/index.php/Thomas_C._Bodycomb_(1829-1919)