Wilfred Lawson

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☨ Wilfred Lawson
Profession	zoo elephant keeper
Personal details
Born	? in Australia

Dead	1944-09-19 Melbourne Zoo in Australia

Residence
Country	Australia

Locations
Title	elephant keeper -1944
Location	at Melbourne Zoo in Australia

Relevant literature

Biography details

Wilfred Lawson , zoo elephant keeper in Australia

Lawson was born * ? in Australia dead 1944-09-19 Melbourne Zoo, in Australia .

Affiliation with 1 elephants

1: Queenie (fatal attack)

Casualties

1 casualties

1944-09-19: elephant keeper Wilfred Lawson fatal attack by Queenie. Queenie killed her keeper Lawson in front of zoo visitors, while making her way back to her enclosure after giving rides. Wilfred Lawson † Wilfred Lawson Died 1944-09-19, Melbourne Zoo. Wilfred Lawson, 68, who had been her keeper since she arrived, had come out of retirement to look after Queenie because there was a shortage of qualified younger men to take on this difficult task. He died the same day from injuries caused when he fell and Queenie put her foot on him. Queenie was shot by one of the keepers on the 22nd of June 1945.

1944-09-19 Queenie killed her keeper Wilfred Lawson on the 19th of September 1944, in front of zoo visitors. After Lawson’s death, a coroner’s inquest found her guilty of killing her keeper.

Wilfred Lawson is mentioned on 1 location pagesMelbourne Zoo,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). elephant keeper Wilfred Lawson in Australia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 16 February 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=348. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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