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Title	Roy Harding who with his brother Lloyd drowned in the Swan River, Albert Hartman who attempted rescue and 'Smacka' Playford who retrieved Lloyd's body on 31 December 1929 [picture]
Published/Produced	1929.

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049798PD:

049798PD: 'Smacka' Playford, 1929

049799PD:

049799PD: 'Smacka' Playford, 1929

049800PD: Roy Harding, 1929

049800PD: Roy Harding, 1929

049801PD:

049801PD: 'Smacka' Playford, 1929

048887PD: Albert Hartman, 1930

048887PD: Albert Hartman, 1930

LOCATION	CALL NO	STATUS	NOTE	MESSAGE
Online	049798PD	AVAILABLE		ASK SLWA STAFF
Online	049799PD	AVAILABLE		ASK SLWA STAFF
Online	049800PD	AVAILABLE		ASK SLWA STAFF
Online	049801PD	AVAILABLE		ASK SLWA STAFF
Online	048887PD	AVAILABLE

Details

Call Number	10028B/1553, 2458-2461
Physical description	4 negatives : glass, b&w ; 11 x 8 cm.
Series	Truth newspaper collection ; 10028B/1553, 2458-2461
Rights advisory	For personal use only. To publish or display, contact the State Library of Western Australia.
Notes	This image has been preserved and made available by the Historical Records Rescue Consortium (HRRC) Project supported by Lotterywest.
	Title devised by cataloguer.
Publications	049800PD-049801PD published in the Truth (Perth, W.A.) 5 January 1930, p.9.
	048887PD published in the Truth (Perth, W.A.) 12 January 1930, p.9.
Notes	The Truth names Lloyd as Oswald in the photograph caption, but correctly as Lloyd in the story. They don't tell us Smacka's real name.
Summary	The Truth describes the drowning of the boys. Roy Harding was a promising young cricketer aged 18 years and his brother Lloyd was 11 years old. Eye witness Albert Hartman who attempted to save the boys is reported in Truth 12 January 1930, p.9.
Subjects	Harding, Roy Willian, d.1929 -- Photographs.
	Harding, Lloyd George, d.1929 -- Photographs.
	Playford, Smacka -- Photographs.
	Hartman, Albert -- Photographs.
	Drowning victims -- Western Australia -- Swan River -- Photographs.
	Online image.
Related names	HRRC