Douglas Laing-Smith

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☨ Douglas Laing-Smith
Profession	circus other
Personal details
Born	1935-05-29 Carlton, Victoria in Australia
Dead	1974-04-28 Preston, Melbourne, Victoria in Australia
Country	Australia

Locations
Title	other -1974
Location	at Ashtons Circus in Australia

Biography details

Douglas Laing-Smith , circus other in Australia

Born 1935-05-29 in Australia dead 1974-04-28 in Australia .

Affiliation with 1 elephants

1: Abu (fatal attack)

Casualties

1 casualties

1974-04-28: other Douglas Laing-Smith fatal attack by Abu. while he was trying loading elephants on a truck, without regular trainer present. Douglas Laing-Smith † Douglas Laing-Smith Died 1974-04-28, Preston, Melbourne, Victoria. Douglas Laing-Smith who was a driver/attendant with the circus.

1974-04-28 Victoria: elephant Abu killed her first victim, Douglas Laing-Smith who was a driver/attendant with the circus, while he was trying loading elephants on a truck, without regular trainer present.

Douglas Laing-Smith is mentioned on 1 elephant record pagesAbu,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). other Douglas Laing-Smith in Australia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 4 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=3491. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Page 82, Gavan Donoghue, Australia, author of the book The Stratford Elephant Mystery, http://www.facebook.com/stratfordelephantmystery
https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/douglas-john-laing-smith-24-7s1v0g
Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985

Selected publications

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