Tasmanian Seafarers' Memorial

Triabunna - on Tasmania's East Coast

Peter Mitchelmore (1863)

The plaque reads ...

Peter Mitchelmore
Resident of Swansea, Tasmania
Born 13.10.1820, Devon, England
Family arrived V.D.L. 1833 per 'Mary Ann'.
Drowned 9.10.1863 when a whaleboat
capsized at mouth of Grey River, N.Z.
Survived by wife Frances (nee Buxton)
and family of five young children.

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