Mr Walsh said he had been told Tony Sullivan died after he had been sliding down a concrete bannister.

"I remember another boy saying Tony had just come out of one of the brothers rooms and was upset and disoriented when he fell over the bannister."

"There is however no doubt in my mind as to how Brian Duncan died.

Mr Walsh said he had been involved in work carting phosphate bags.

"The car was going down a hill...as they went down the hill, the cart was going too fast to be controlled properly and one wheel clipped the side of the road where a drain pipe ran under the road," he said.

"The cart overturned.

"One of the strips of metal which was used to hold the side boards together was exposed as some of the wood had broken away over the years.

"The piece of metal entered Brian's head.

"I understand he died almost instantly.

"I received no counselling or support at the time of either death."

These were not the only deaths Mr Walsh had to deal with as a child, he also talked about a friend; Justin Boyle who committed suicide just after leaving Bindoon.

When talking about the sexual abuse which was initially raised on day one of the hearing, Mr Walsh recounted how he repeated "Hail Mary" in hope he would not get an erection when one of the brothers sexually abused him.

A sixth man, also a victim of sexual abuse while in the care of Christian Brothers gave evidence at the hearing on Tuesday morning.

The man known only as VG, was sent to Australia from Malta.

He spoke of how his mother, who was struggling to afford to provide all of her children with a good education after their father died, had been told that sending her son to Australia in the care of Christian Brothers for "free education" was a "once in a lifetime opportunity".

He told of ongoing sexual abuse and suicide attempts while at St Mary's Agricultural School in Tardun.

VG cried as he read a poem to those at the hearing that he had written about his experiences as a child that have haunted him throughout his life.