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Young farmer who died two weeks after engagement set to leave lasting legacy

ABC Australia · May 27, 2026, 1:33 AM

Key takeaways

  • Callum Smail and Brittany Scholz got engaged two weeks before the fatal accident.
  • A motorbike crash on a station near Broken Hill claimed the life of 26-year-old Callum Smail on April 13, two weeks after he got engaged to the love of his life, Brittany Scholz.
  • In his family's words, the couple was "preparing for the next chapter of their lives together — working around Australia, more dogs, a lot more laughs, good times, and eventually marriage".

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Callum Smail and Brittany Scholz got engaged two weeks before the fatal accident. (Supplied: Smail family)

Link copied Share Share article. A scholarship will be created at a Victorian agricultural college in memory of a young man who died in a farming accident last month.

A motorbike crash on a station near Broken Hill claimed the life of 26-year-old Callum Smail on April 13, two weeks after he got engaged to the love of his life, Brittany Scholz.

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