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Published 3 August 2025
www.news.com.au/technology/science/dna-appeal-for-relatives-of-five-1948-nsw-missing-fishermen/news-story/d4d530eb9039a7a7dd2aadfb6f324909

DNA Appeal for Relatives of Five 1948 NSW Missing Fishermen

NSW police believe five families could hold the key to the 80-year-old mystery of two fishing boats lost at the sea on the same day after being hit by ferocious weather........Missing are Norman Eric Lester, 21, Brian Morris Parsons, 56, Robert Hayes, 30, Peter Proudfoot, 24, Berty Cyril law, 37, Norman John Tolley, 25 and Arthur Bowyer, 41...

....Six relatives of the fisherman have provided their DNA to police.... [who] are appealing for the relatives of Neville Walters, Norman Eric Lester, Brian Morris Parsons, Robert Hayes and Peter Proudfoot to come forward and provide a DNA sample.

.....There are currently 352 unidentified bodies and human remains ... throughout New South Wales... Even after all these years, we continue to recover remains along the coastline. That DNA will continue to be tested against these discoveries.
 

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