Bayrum’s Imren daughter said she was “devastated” in a post on Facebook.
“We have lost our beloved father and grandfather,” Imren said.
The family was attempting to find his body from Australia.
They had been part of a vigil in Melbourne yesterday and have been calling on greater Australian government action.
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“We’re desperate, we’re desperate to find my dad,” Imren told 9News yesterday.
“He’s the centre of our family. We just want him home, we just want him safe.”
The survivors included six relatives who huddled in a small pocket under the rubble, a teenager who drank his own urine to slake his thirst, and a 4-year-old boy offered a jelly bean to calm him down as he was shimmied out.
Australian search and rescue experts have departed for the earthquake impact zones as part of a giant international aid effort.
Australia is sending 72 personnel and 22 tonnes of equipment including first aid supplies, tools, cameras, and sub-ground listening equipment to allow them to search for any possible survivors.