Freemantle: Grave at Melbourne General Cemetery

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Melbourne General Cemetery
College Crescent, Parkville
PO Box 7, Parkville Victoria 3052
Phone (03) 9349 3014

Email mgc@smct.org.au. If you email the staff they are very helpful and friendly


The grave I visited was that of: - 

Freemantle, John Theodore Cooke (32)   died 31st May 1907 / 5679            

Also in the same grave are
Moroney, John (64)                                       died        1901 / *                          
Connell, Edmund (67)                                   died        1926 / *
                            
Relationship between the three men is unknown. If you know why they are buried in the same grave please leave me a comment.

The Grave is found in the Wesleyan Monumental Compartment L, Grave 341
John Moroney - the first to be buried in this grave is the only one mentioned on the headstone.

Photos taken by Lisa Lionnet-Swaan 26/3/2018





Location: College Cres, Parkville VIC 3052, Australia

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