OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Remembrance Service Football Disaster

MEDIAImage

COLLECTIONMornington and District Historical Society

REG NO.614

HISTORY

On 21st May 1892, fifteen members of the Mornington Football Team drowned whilst on their way home by boat from a match at Mordialloc, there were no survivors and only four bodies were recovered

DESCRIPTION

The image shows a group gathered at the Remembrance Service for the Footballers, included are Lindsay Firth and Mrs B. Samuel, relatives

SUBJECTS

Centenaries, Drownings, Footballers, Memorials

KEYWORDS

Centenaries, Drownings, Footballers, Lindsay Firth, Memorials, Mornington Football Disaster, Mrs B. Samuel