Charles Cody

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☨ Charles Cody

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Profession	zoo elephant keeper
Personal details
Born	1913 Woolloomooloo in Australia

Dead	1963-01-15 Ashton Park, Bradley's Head, Sydney in Australia

Residence
Country	Australia

Locations
Title	elephant head-keeper -
Location	at Sydney Zoo in Australia

Biography details

Charles "Chick" William Cody , zoo elephant keeper in Australia

Cody was born * 1913 in Woolloomooloo Australia dead 1963-01-15 Ashton Park, Bradley's Head, Sydney, in Australia .

Affiliation with 1 elephants

1: Jip (attacked)

Casualties

1 casualties

1955-12: elephant keeper Charles Cody attacked by Jip. Knocked down Cody with her trunk and trampled him Charles Cody Survived. Hospitalized with a broken ankle and severe bruises

Charles was one of nine children from Woolloomooloo. His brother and nephew, both Dave Cody, also worked at the Zoo. He died middle-aged a day after being accidentally hurt by an Elephant.

A Zoo official said that Nellie fell into the Moat about 3 p.m. She died about two hours later.
Mr. Charles Cody, Nellie's keeper, directed the efforts to save Nellie.

Charles Cody is mentioned on 1 other person pagesDave Cody,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). elephant keeper Charles "Chick" William Cody in Australia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 21 May 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=3276. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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