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Harry Van Looy

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Birthplace: Netherlands
Death: January 19, 1967 (31-40)
Strongman Mine, Rūnanga, West Coast, North Island, New Zealand (Strongman Mine Explosion)
Place of Burial: Greymouth, West Coast, North Island, New Zealand
Occupation: miner
Find A Grave ID: 217783951
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About Harry Van Looy

Harry Van Looy was one of nineteen men were killed when an explosion ripped through the state-run Strongman coal mine at Rūnanga, on the West Coast of the South Island, just after 10am on 19 January 1967.

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Harry Van Looy's Timeline

1931
1931
Netherlands
1967
January 19, 1967
Age 36
Strongman Mine, Rūnanga, West Coast, North Island, New Zealand

Death Registration Number: (reg. 1967/36034).

January 19, 1967
Age 36
Karoro Cemetery, Greymouth, West Coast, North Island, New Zealand