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Leonora Cemetery Western Australia

LEGEND: b = Buried, d = Died, Occ = Occupation, Mt Margaret = Mount Margaret, Reg = Registration.
RC = Roman Catholic, ANG = Anglican or Church of England, METH = Methodist/Wesleyan,
PRES = Presbyterian,
WA = Western Australia, NSW = New South Wales, VIC = Victoria, QLD = Queensland, SA = South Australia. TAS = Tasmania, NT = Northern Territory.

Note: The person registering the death is only listed if it was someone other than the police or an undertaker.

 

BEESON Sidney (Sid) — 55yrs, d 28 Dec 1923, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: WAGR Fitter, Cause: Injuries received by being thrown from a motor trolley on rail line, Verdict of Coroner, Father: John Henry BEESON, Mother: Sarah WOODWARD, Born: Geraldton WA, Reg 2/1924 Mt Margaret, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BELL Mary — 1hr, d 27 Nov 1936, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Asthenia, Father: Victor Thomas BELL (Postal Assistant), Mother: Vera Merrell EVANS, Reg 28/1936 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BENDOTTI Francesco — 42yrs, d 24 Oct 1941, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Specific Aortitis, Father: Bob BENDOTTI, Mother: Giovanni BETTINESCHI, Born: Colere Italy, In WA 13yrs, Married to Satrina PIANTONI in Colere Italy at age 28yrs, Children: 1 boy age 13yrs, RC, Reg 27/1941 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

Peter BENDOTTI

Northern Times, Wednesday 27 June 1934

BENDOTTI Pietro ‘Peter’ — 29yrs, d 26 Jun 1934, Occ: Miner, Cause: Carbon Monoxide gas poisoning, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: Giuseppe BENDOTTI (Farmer), Mother: Agnese BETTINESCHI, Born: Colere Italy, Married to Caroline TAGLIAFERRI at Gwalia WA aged 27yrs, Children: Agnese 1 ½yrs, Maria 6mths, Reg 19/1934 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery. Mine Death — www.wavmm.com

Northern Grazier and Miner 23 January 1943, page 1

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BENN/BEN Arthur — 60yrs, d 20 Jan 1943, at Murrin Murrin, Occ: Prospector, Cause: Aneurysm of the Aorta causing haemorrhage, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: Tom BEN, Mother: Sarah Ann SMITH, Born: Marybrough, Queensland, In WA 38yrs, Single, Reg 3/1943 Mt Margaret, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BENNETT John Joseph — 2 ½yrs, d 11 Oct 1916, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Burns causing epileptic fit, Father: Alfred Augustine BENNETT (Grocer), Mother: Bridget O’CONNOR, Born: Leonora WA, Reg 26/1916 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

Mary Ann BENNETT

BENNETT Mary Ann — 65yrs, d 26 Jul 1937, at Leonora Hospital, Married woman and war pensioner, Cause: Carcinoma of Duodenum, secondary growth left lung, Father: Michael MCKENNA (Farmer), Mother: Margaret CLARK, Born: Belfast Ireland, In VIC 8yrs, in WA 39yrs, Married to William Henry BENNETT in Boulder WA at age 20yrs, Children: Arthur James 36yrs, Hilda 35yrs, Deceased 1 male and 1 female, Reg 18/1937 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BENNETT Thomas Rudy — 6mths, d 25 Oct 1920, at Gwalia, Cause: Gastro, Father: Alfred Augustine BENNETT (Baker), Mother: Bridget O’CONNER, Born: Gwalia, Reg 33/1920 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BERRIGAN John James — 4yrs 19days, d 13 May 1910, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Appendicitis & Peritonitis, Father: Thomas BERRIGAN (Miner), Mother: Johanna Catherine KEYS, Reg 22/1910 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BERTA Faustino — 29yrs, d 6 Dec 1953, on Gwalia road, 1 mile south of Leonora, Occ: Battery Hand, Cause: Injuries accidentally caused when the motor cycle he was riding collided with a push cycle, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: Andrea BERTA (Miner), Mother: Maria PICINOLI, Single, Born: Cimbergo, Brascia, Italy, Reg 1/1954 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BETTI Abondio — 42yrs, d 19 Nov 1936, Occ: Miner, Cause: As a result of injuries received from falling down a mine shaft on the 18 Nov 1936 on a prospecting area known as the 9 mile peg about 9 miles from Linden, Born: Sondrio, Italy, In WA 24yrs, Single, Reg 26/1936 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery. Mine Death – www.wavmm.com

Northern Grazier and Miner, 14 December 1940

BETTINI Antonio — 32yrs, d 10 Dec 1940, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 3 weeks, Father: Unknown, Mother: Caterina GARBELLINI, Born: Dervio Italy, Reg 39/19 40 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BETTINI Augusto Camillo — 7mths, d 16 Oct 1915, at Tower Street, Leonora, Cause: Acute enlargement of liver, Father: Giovani BETTINI (Miner), Mother: Louisa BASSANELLI, Born: Gwalia WA, Reg 36/1915 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

Ann BEYNON

BEYNON Ann — 63yrs, d 20 Apr 1951, at Leonora Hospital, from Doyle’s Well, WA, Widowed Pensioner, Cause: Coronary Occlusion and Arteriosclerosis, Born: Broken Hill NSW, In NSW 1yr, In WA 62yrs, Father: Thomas MADIGAN, Mother: Ann GEREATHY, Married to Walter William BEYNON, Children: Winifred Josephine 42yrs, Reg 14/1951 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BICKETT John Milhinch — 77yrs, d 31 Oct 1949, Occ: Retired, Cause: Broncho Pneumonia, Father: James Milhinch BICKETT, Mother: Martha Jane DAVIS, Born: Ballarat VIC, In VIC 32yrs, In WA 45yrs, Single, Reg 18/1949, Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BIGBY Charles — 87yrs, d 17 Sep 1932, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Saddler and Engine Driver, Cause: Senility, Myocardial Disintegration, Cardiac failure, Father: Edward BIGBY, Mother: Margaret GLASS, Born: London England, In WA about 36yrs, Reg 16/1932 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery

BIGBY George — 36yrs, d 31 Dec 1906, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Prospector, Cause: Morbus Cordis, Reg 15/1907 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

May Bignell

BIGNELL May — 3hrs, d 14 Mar 1923, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Premature Birth, Father: Albert Edward BIGNELL (Fitter), Mother: Florence Margaret CASTLEDINE, Reg 7/1923 Mt Margaret, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.