Malcolm Turnbull joins mourners at 40th anniversary of Granville Train Disaster

By Roydon Ng
Updated January 19 2017 - 2:13am, first published January 18 2017 - 4:29pm
Governor David Hurley and his wife lay a wreath at the Granville ceremony. Photo: Geoff Jones
Governor David Hurley and his wife lay a wreath at the Granville ceremony. Photo: Geoff Jones
June Ollerenshaw at the memorial service. Photo: Kate Geraghty
June Ollerenshaw at the memorial service. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull throws the first rose at Granville.  Photo: Kate Geraghty
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull throws the first rose at Granville. Photo: Kate Geraghty
A woman looks at the Granville Train Disaster memorial monument that names the 83 people who died 40 years ago. Carlton street in Granville, Sydney. 18th January, 2017. Photo: Kate Geraghty Photo: Kate Geraghty
A woman looks at the Granville Train Disaster memorial monument that names the 83 people who died 40 years ago. Carlton street in Granville, Sydney. 18th January, 2017. Photo: Kate Geraghty Photo: Kate Geraghty

Alexander Pederson was 63 when his son Bruce, 27, boarded a train in the Blue Mountains on the morning on January 18, 1977.

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