OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Remembrance Service Football Disaster

DATE1992

MEDIAImage

COLLECTIONMornington and District Historical Society

REG NO.615

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 found

DESCRIPTION

The photo is of flowers which have been placed at the base of the memorial, a card attached to them reads 'In Fond Remembrance of Our Uncles Jim, Willie and Hugh Caldwell 21/5/1892 – 21/5/1992'

SUBJECTS

Centenaries, Drownings, Footballers, Memorials

KEYWORDS

Centenaries, Drownings, Footballers, Memorials