Murray Bent COLLIHOLE [1049] ¹⁹⁴⁰

  General Notes:

Murray lost an arm in 1924 when he was shot by a gun he was carrying. The arm was badly damaged and had to be amputated. A newspaper article appeared in the Melbourne Argus.

Daily Herald, Adelaide 25 March 1924 page 3
BOY ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
A lad named Murray Collihole, in the employ of Mr. S. Berkin, Strangways, was returning to the homestead after being out shooting hares, and when the act of crossing a fence the gun was accidentally discharged The boy's right arm was badly injured from the wrist to the shoulder.
He was immediately conveyed to the Castlemaine Hospital.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Probate, 24 Apr 1980, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ¹⁹⁶⁷

Murray married Alice Maude HEALY [2170] [MRIN: 637], daughter of Edmund Patrick HEALY [6262] and Louisa Maud REINERT [6263], in 1940.¹⁹⁶³ (Alice Maude HEALY [2170] was born on 29 Sep 1914 in Creswick, Vic, Australia, died on 26 Jan 2013 in Mildura, Vic, Australia ¹⁹⁶⁸ and was buried on 1 Feb 2013 in Red Cliffs, Vic, Australia.)