Epitaph from Captain Wawn's headstone

In Loving Memory  of

Captain

WILLIAM TWIZELL WAWN

A NAVIGATOR AN AUTHOR AND AN ARTIST

 BORN AT WEST BOLTON, DURHAM, ENGLAND 1837

DIED AT SYDNEY HOSPITAL FROM A CAB ACCIDENT

 5th JULY 1901

After life's life forever

 HOME IS THE SAILOR, HOME FROM THE SEA

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COMMENTS:
Single plot with marble monument; sandstone kerb with railing - in good condition.
Symbols on monument: Anchor on Roman cross; Masonic symbol; laurel leaves

Old Church of England Cemetery

Rookwood Necropolis, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

With thanks to Patricia J Cosgrove, Sydney.