'The City of the Dead'

Well Rookwood cemetery is not only massive, it is complicated. There are five or six different sections which have different contact details and locations....rrrr! As i was not completely sure about the religious background of Freddy I called all of them in the hope that somebody would know where to look. Luckily some one did. I was told by an administration employee from Rookwood's acropolis office that the Anglican Trust (one section of Rookwood) was the most likely final destination of any Chinese Immigrant buried in Sydney before 1950. So i called the Anglican Trust and to my excitement there was a Frederick Kennith Wong buried in July of 1948 in their 3rd Chinese section ....grave number 1387.

Interestingly this was no longer his grave as for reasons unknown he had been exhumed in 1949 and moved round the corner to grave no: 1874-1875.......I wonder why? Hopefully the Grave stone will hold the answer....... to be continued.

Is it wrong that i am really starting to enjoy poking into the settled dust of someones life gone by?, or that i am now looking forward to a visit to a huge cemetery ?....probably