Bray/William

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Last name
Bray
First name
William
  • William Bray, 43, a native of England, threw himself from the centre of the decking of the Harbour Bridge. Artificial respiration failed to restore his life.
  • of no fixed abode
  • Bray left a note describing himself as without a friend in Australia.
  • At Coroner's Court a note indicating as a result of inability to obtain employment he preferred to do away with himself rather than starve
  • note says he had been working in the railways until his foot had been injured at Albury in 1929
  • He had been paid 500 pounds compensation but it was all gone
  • He was the fifth to commit suicide from the Bridge
Date of attempt
Newspaper
The Evening News (Rockhampton), 4 August 1932 p. 1
The Canberra Times, 24 August 1932, p. 4
Gender
Male
status
Died