Reference:                                        Historical Site 2

    Name(s):                                            Fred Piper

    Born:                                                  Unknown 

    Died:                                                  15  August 1947

    Age at Death:                                   54 Years

    Story:                                                 Died of a Heart Attack while digging a path for his bus through a snow drift on the Snowy Mountains Highway at a site overlooking the Bega                         Valley after 28 years of loyal service on the bus run.  Lookout and plaques erected in his honour..

    Street:                                                 Snowy Mountains Highway

    Memorial Location:

1.     GPS Coordinates:                 36˚ 35΄ 50.4˝ S 149˚ 26΄ 39.1˝ E

2.     Described Location:             Fred Piper Memorial Bega Valley Lookout.  Snowy  Mountains Highway.

           

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