AITKEN to WHAITE - Person Sheet
AITKEN to WHAITE - Person Sheet
NameAlfred HICKLING 
Birth Date186710609
Birth PlaceSingleton, Singleton Shire, New South Wales, Australia
MemoAs Patrick’s Plains exact date not in index.
Death PlaceWest Maitland, Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
MemoAlifred Hckling, an elderly man, who lived at Newcastle street, East Maitland, was killed at East Greta Junction last evening, shortly after- half-past- seven o'clock. He left West Maitland by the
7:31 train for Stanford- Merthyr. As the train was leaving .East Greta Junction, Guard Atkinson felt a bump under the van, and Immedlately applied the brake.
A search resulted In the dead body of the deceased being found under the brake :van. The body was badly knocked about, the neck being broken, the hips :and shoulders crushed, and the
legs mangled. The body was taken to the morgue. It. Is surmIsed that the deceased fell from the rear platform of the last car as the train was leaving the junction.
7:31 train for Stanford- Merthyr. As the train was leaving .East Greta Junction, Guard Atkinson felt a bump under the van, and Immedlately applied the brake.
A search resulted In the dead body of the deceased being found under the brake :van. The body was badly knocked about, the neck being broken, the hips :and shoulders crushed, and the
legs mangled. The body was taken to the morgue. It. Is surmIsed that the deceased fell from the rear platform of the last car as the train was leaving the junction.
OccupationCoal Miner
Alias/AKAAlfred John ( daughter’s death record)
FatherJohn HICKLING (<1833-1914)
MotherSarah Ann CHADBURN (<1832-1924)
Spouses
Birth Dateca 1865
Birth PlaceDungog, Dungog Shire, New South Wales, Australia
MemoAged 75 at death so born ca 1870 but no NSW index found. Daughter Florence’s birth record say Charlotte was 37 years old at that time and was born Dungog circa 1865.
Death Date21 Jul 194510612 Age: 80
Death PlaceKurri Kurri, Cessnock City, New South Wales, Australia
Marr Datebef 1900
Marr MemoLatest date assuming married. No index found but claimed marriage 26 March 1886 in Newcastle on daughter Florence’s birth record. Emily born as Phillips not Hickling so this early date is unlikely.