Historical information

F. R. Claxton died at the relatively young age of 56 years and was a civic leader and highly regarded member of the Ballarat Community.

Significance

F.R. Claxton's untimely death may have been caused by food poisoning not English Cholera as noted the Death Certificate.

Physical description

Schedule B Death Certificate (2 copies) and one enlargement of this Death Certificate

Inscriptions & markings

On the back of Claxton's Death Certificate, in black biro "Obtained 22 Feb 2010 for Friends of the Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group."