"Franky" Frank STEVENS
Born 1918 [116]
Son of Frank STEVENS and Edith May BENN [15]
Resided in Marchagee, where he died aged ten years and eight months [116]
He was fatally shot after a rifle on the floor of a lorry exploded when the lorry's engine was started [568: 27-Dec-1928]
Died 25 December 1928 in Marchagee; buried at the Moora Public Cemetery in Moora, Western Australia (Anglican, Plot 77) [116]
From The West Australian newspaper, Saturday 29 December 1928:
Deaths
STEVENS.−On December 25, suddenly, result of shooting accident, at Marchagee, Franky, beloved son of Edith and Frank, dearly loved brother of Hilda, Fred, Clinton, George, Stuart, Jackie, Alan, Billy, and Hazel; aged 10 years; late of Wongan Hills and Bicton. Thy will be done."
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Frank Stevens' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 2 August 2026 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/frank-stevens [reference list] |
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