Robert James Vidler (1940 - 1954)

Born 22 Feb 1940 in Nowra, New South Wales, Australia [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died 6 Mar 1954 at age 14 in Nowra, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Robert James Vidler was born in 1940.^[1] He was the son of Alexander Vidler and Alice Watson.

He drowned while swimming in the Shoalhaven River at Nowra on the 6th of March, 1954, age 14,^[2][3][4] and was buried in the Nowra Cemetery.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 16 July 2022), memorial page for Robert James Vidler (22 Feb 1940–6 Mar 1954), Find A Grave: Memorial #152921255, citing Nowra General Cemetery, Nowra, Shoalhaven City, New South Wales, Australia ; Maintained by Brett Beattie (contributor 49391999).
2. ↑ Death Index (NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 16 Jul 2022), Index entry for VIDLER ROBERT JAMES; Parents: ALEXANDER ROBERT & ALICE; District: NOWRA; Registration Number: 4902/1954
3. ↑ BOY DROWNED IN NOWRA BATHS (1954, March 8). Illawarra Daily Mercury (Wollongong, NSW : 1950 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved July 16, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133788188
4. ↑ Family Notices (1954, March 8). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 16. Retrieved July 16, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18413491
   VIDLER, Robert James. —March 6, 1954 (accidentally drowned at Nowra), beloved only child of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Robert Vidler, of Tallayang Street, Bomaderry, aged 14 years. Interment at Nowra this day at 10.30 a.m.