Vera May Collins [35824]

   Cause of her death was Died while under an anaesthetic/toxaemia.

   FamilySearch ID: K2J7-49W.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Registration: Birth, 1898, Gunning District, New South Wales. ¹ 21757/1898
COLLINS, VERA
WALTER
EDITHA
GUNNING

• Burial, Abt 1928, Wheeo Locality, King County, New South Wales, Australia. ² Cemetery:Wheeo Uniting Church
Family Name:Selmes
Given Names:Vera May
Birth Date:
Death Date:19 Apr 1928
Age:29y
Remarks:née Collins; w/William James; mother
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• Registration: Death, 1928, Newtown District, New South Wales, Australia. ³ 9289/1928
SELMES, VERA M
WALTER
EDITH
NEWTOWN

• Newspaper: Family Notices, 1928 Apr 20, Sydney District, New South Wales, Australia. ⁴ Family Notices. (1928, April 20). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 10. Retrieved December 22, 2011, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16458508>

SELMES.-April 10. 1928, at Royal Prince Alfred Hos-pital, Vera May, dearly beloved wife of William James Selmes, of Red Ground, Wheeo, and loving daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Collins, aged 29 years.

• Newspaper: DEATHS UNDER ETHER, 1928 Apr 24, Adelaide, , South Australia, Australia. ⁵ DEATHS UNDER ETHER. (1928, April 24). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 -1931), p. 13. Retrieved August 2, 2012, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49373788>

DEATHS UNDER ETHER.
HOSPITALS NOT RESPONSIBLE Sydney. April 23.
Two recent deaths of hospital patients while under anaesthetics were the subjects of inquests by the City Coroner to-day. Vera May Selmes (20) died at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital on April 19, after the administration of open ether, prior to an operation for toxaemia and Jack Reginald Hallihan succubed while under the same anaesthetic at the Woree Private Hospital Bexley on April 16. In both cases the Coroner returned a finding of accidental death, and freed the hospital authorities from all blame.

• Newspaper: Family Notices, 1928 Apr 28, Sydney District, New South Wales, Australia. ⁶ Family Notices. (1928, April 28). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 -1954), p. 15. Retrieved August 2, 2012, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16460404>

Mr. W. J. SELMES, Redground Wheeo, desires to express his sincere THANKS to the medical and nursing staff of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital for their kind and skilful attention to his late be-loved wife during her long illness; and also relatives, friends, and ministers, and especially Sister Francis, of North Sydney.

Vera married William James Selmes [28794] [KV2D-KF9] [MRIN: 13641], son of Spencer Selmes [28889] [LZ55-Q95] and Annie Teresa Hart [28890] [96BJ-829], on 1924 Jun 4 in Crookwell, NSW, AUSTRALIA. (William James Selmes [28794] [KV2D-KF9] was born in 1892 in Wheeo Locality, King County, New South Wales,⁷ died on 1985 May 29 in Crookwell, King County, New South Wales, Australia ⁸ and was buried in Wheeo Locality, King County, New South Wales, Australia ⁹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Registration: Marriage, 1924, Crookwell District, New South Wales, Australia. ¹⁰ 8379/1924
SELMES, WILLIAM J
COLLINS, VERA M
CROOKWELL