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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.

GRUBELICH Peter 27yrs, d 23 Mar 1931, at Hawks Nest, Occ: Miner, Cause: Accidentally fell down mine shaft at the Burtville GM, Hawks Nest, Leonora, Verdict of the Coroner, Born Dalmatia Yugoslavia, In WA about 5yrs, Reg 3/1931 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery. Mine Death: www.wavmm.com

GUIDI Guiseppe 71yrs, d 4 Jan 1954, at his camp near Murrin Murrin WA, Occ: Prospector, Cause: Coronary Occlusion, Hypertension, Senility, Father: Giovani Pietro GUIDI, Mother: Maria PICHETTI, Born: Criovena, Italy, Single, Reg 3/1954 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GUIDICE Simone — 83yrs, b 4 Apr 1984, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GUIZZARDIE Giovanni — 65yrs, b 10 Aug 1965, Born: Italy, Reg 16/1965 Mt Margaret (Registered as Guissardie), RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.


Richard B GURR

GURR Richard Butler 59yrs, d 30 Aug 1924, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Baker, Cause: Broncho Pneumonia, Father: George Robert GURR (Carpenter), Mother: Hester BUTLER, Born Creswick VIC, In VIC 29yrs, In WA 30yrs, Married to Martha Alice WARD in Creswick VIC at age 34yrs, Children: Martha Alice 22yrs, Hester 20yrs, Richard Butler Ward 19yrs, Linda Millicent 17yrs, Robert Ward 11yrs, Ivy Phyllis 9yrs, Deceased 1 male and 2 females, Reg 20/1924 Mt Margaret, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GVOZDENOVICH unnamed female — d 2 Jul 1936, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Stillborn, Father: Risto GVOZDENOVICH (Miner), Mother: Stana MASONICICH, Reg Mt Margaret 18/1936, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.


Gilbert V HADDEN

HADDEN Gilbert Valentine — 61yrs, b 19 Dec 1970, Father: Gilbert C HADDEN, Mother: Florence K HADDEN, Married to Monica Audrey ALLEN in Leonora in 1933, Reg 1/1971 Mt Margaret, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HADDEN Johanna — 2hrs, d 15 Jan 1934, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Congenital ill development, specific exhaustion, Father: Gilbert Valentine HADDEN (Miner), Mother: Monica Audrey ALLEN, Reg 3/1934 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HADDOW Archibald David 50yrs, d 12 Oct 1907, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Gwalia, Occ: Miner, Cause: Fall of ground in GM, Verdict of the Coroner, Born: Glasgow, Scotland, Reg 59/1907 Mt Margaret, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery, Mine Death – www.wavmm.com

HADFIELD Annie Louisa (Lou) — 89yrs, d 9 Oct 1997, Born: London England, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.


Lou & Joe HADFIELD

HADFIELD Herbert Joseph — 82yrs, b 8 May 2001, Born: Fremantle WA, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HADFIELD Herbert Thomas — 74yrs, d 29 Aug 1955, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Pastoralist, Cause: Bronch Pneumonia, Senility, Father: William HADFIELD (Farmer), Mother: Alice Mary BEGBIE, Born Walla Walla VICTORIA, In VIC 30yrs, In WA 44yrs, Married to Nancy Teresa CUMMINS at Beveridge VIC on 30 Oct 1912, Children: Thomas John 40yrs, Ralph William 38yrs, Herbert Joseph 36yrs, Mary Cummins (dec), Neil Winton 33yrs, Roland Vincent 31yrs, Reg 19/1955 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.


Neil W HADFIELD

HADFIELD Neil Winton — b 1 Dec 1987, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.


Peter W HADFIELD

HADFIELD Peter Winton — 18yrs, b 8 Aug 1985, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HADFIELD Rowland Winton  26yrs, d 16 Nov 1921, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Dairyman’s Assistant, Cause: Through injuries received from a fall from the horse ‘Mongul Borke’ which he was riding in the second class plate at a meeting of the Leonora Jockey Club, held at Leonora on the 12th Day of November 1921, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: William HADFIELD (Farmer), Mother: Alice Mary BEGBIE, Born Walla Walla VICTORIA, In VIC 22yrs, In WA 4yrs, Reg 19/1921 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HADWIGER Robert 42yrs, d 11 Jul 1912, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Sawyer, Cause: Pneumonia, Father: John HADWIGER (School Master), Mother: Theresa FROST, Married Mary GRIFFITHS in Karridale at 29yrs, Children: Robert William 10yrs, Thelma Leonora 7yrs, Mary Elizabeth 5yrs, Leonard Charles 3yrs, David Gordon 5mths, 1 male deceased RC, Reg Mt Margaret 27/1912, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HAFKER Frederick — 39yrs, d 29 May 1903, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Asphyxia after regurgitation, Reg 24/1903 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HAFNER Hildagard Anna — 2mths, d 2 Aug 1956, at residence of J Hafner, Cause: Broncho Pneumonia brought on by malnutrition, Verdict of the Coroner after post-mortem, Father: Josef HAFNER, Mother: Hilda MARCH, Reg 10/1956 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HAMILTON James — 67yrs, d 24 Jun 1930, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Prospector, Cause: Asthma of Aorta, Myocardial Degeneration, Cardiac Failure, Reg 12/1930 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.


Samuel G HAMILTON

HAMILTON Samuel George 23yrs, d 9 Mar 1924, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Labourer, Cause: Rheumatic Heart, Father: Felix HAMILTON (Contractor), Mother: Ethel Ellen SENIOR, Born Mt Sir Samuel WA, Reg 6/1924 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HAMILTON Thomas Dunwoodie — 90yrs, d 1972, Father: John HAMILTON, Mother: Margaret HAMILTON, Born: Scotland, Reg 9/1972 Mt Margaret, PRES, Section Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HAMILTON unnamed male d 29 May 1915, at Tower Street, Leonora, Cause: Stillborn, Father: Felix HAMILTON (Miner), Mother: Ethel Ellen SENIOR, Reg 11/1915 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HARDING William c40yrs d 11 August 1908, in bush near Leonora township, Cause: Suicide, Resulting in a wound on the throat self—inflicted whilst in a state of unsound mind, Verdict of the Coroner, Reg 45/1908 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HARMS Constance — 18 days, b 27 Apr 1907, Reg Mt Margaret 30/1907, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HARMSTORF John Johann 71yrs, d 22 Aug 1905, at Gwalia, Occ: Carpenter, Cause: Exhaustion, Father: John HARMSTORF (Carpenter), Born Hamburg, Germany, In SA for 15yrs, In WA for 10yrs, Married to Caroline DALISE at age 26yrs in Hamburg Germany, Children: John 43yrs, Thedore Christian, 41yrs, Ernest Peter George 38yrs, Mitchim Henry 36yrs, Martha Marie 33yrs, Sophia Hilda 31yrs, Charles Carl 29yrs, Dorothy Hannah 27yrs, 3 deceased males, Reg 40/1905 Mt Margaret, WES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HARPWOOD Walter Henry — 69yrs, d 5 Oct 1960, at Leonora Hospital, From Banjawan Station, Cause: Acute Heart Failure, Carcinoma of stomach with Mastitis, Father: Walter Henry HARPWOOD (Labourer), Born: Shiplake, England, Married to Ansley Isobel FROST, in Waroona WA in 1923, Child: Alan Henry, Reg 24/1960 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HARRIS Anthony  48yrs, Bur 15 Jul 2022, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery

HARRIS Arnold — 65yrs, b 28 Feb 2000, Born: Mt Morgans WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HARRIS Cecily — 63yrs, b 8 Feb 2008, Born: Agnew WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HARRIS Charles — 69yrs, d between 4—7 Jun 1938, at about 2 miles from Waitekauri GM and 27 miles north east of Leonora, Occ: Station Hand, Cause: Shock and injuries from being thrown from a horse, Verdict of the Coroner, Parent’s unknown, Born: VIC, Reg 17/1938 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HARRIS Constance 18days, d 26 Apr 1907, at Leonora, Cause: Mothers premature labour, Father: Harvey Arthur HARRIS (Miner), Kathleen Mary GRIFFIN, Born Leonora, Reg 30/1907 Mt Margaret, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HARRIS Elspeth — 5mths, d 2 Jul 1959, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Pneumonia, Father: Arnold HARRIS (Station Hand), Mother: Betty MANNING, Reg 14/1959 Mt Margaret, Aboriginal Section, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HARRIS James — 39yrs, b 22 Apr 1978, Aboriginal, Born: Lawlers WA, From Barwidgee Station, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HARRIS Jason — 33yrs, b 30 Jun 2006, Born Leonora WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HARRIS Jumbo — 79yrs, b 10 Jun 1968, Aboriginal, Born: Wiluna WA, Reg 1/1968 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HARRIS Les — 53yrs, b 21 Jun 1997, Born: Weebo WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HARRIS Leslie (Dadawarra) — 52yrs, b 23 Mar 2018, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HARRIS Martha — 60yrs, b 15 Nov 1974, Born: Warburton WA, from Laverton, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HARRIS Matilda Mailett — 39 days, d 3 Jun 1904, at Mertondale, Buried without an Inquest Order, Cause: Suffocation, Father: Lewis John HARRIS (Hotel Keeper), Mother: Harriet Eliza HICKMOTT, Born Kookynie WA, Reg 29/1904 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HARRIS Terry — 38yrs, b 2 Aug 1991, Born: Leonora WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HARRISON Joan — 3yrs, d 15 Jan 1951, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Pneumonia, Born: Mt Margaret Mission WA, Mother: Katie, Reg 4/1951 Mt Margaret, Aboriginal Section, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HARRY Jidje Jidje d 4 Dec 1907, at the Aboriginal Camp of the Darlot Tribe near Mt Leonora, Cause: Killed by multiple spear wounds in a tribal conflict, Reg 70/1907 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HART George — 46yrs, d 6 Nov 1952, at the Timoni GM, Mt Ida, Cause: Chest injuries when he became caught between the cage and the shaft timber on the main shaft of the Timoni GM, Born: Fort William, Scotland, Reg Mt Margaret 18/1952, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.  Mine Death: www.wavmm.com

HARVEY Eileen 3hrs, d 31 Mar 1906, at Gwalia, Cause: Premature Birth, Father: William HARVEY (Moulder), Mother: Louisa BRODER, Born Gwalia, Twin to Thelma, Reg 25/1906 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HARVEY Elizabeth 12hrs, d 12 Jan 1904, at Sons of Gwalia, Leonora, Cause: Premature birth, Father William Smith HARVEY (Moulder), Mother: Louisa Buchanan BRODIE, Born: Leonora, WA, Twin to John Tom, Reg 3/1904 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HARVEY Isabella 62yrs, d 20 Dec 1924, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Housewife, Cause: Carcinoma of stomach, Born: Young NSW, In NSW 35yrs, In WA 27yrs, Father: SMITH, Married to Thomas HARVEY in Sydney NSW at age 22yrs, Children: Elizabeth Jane 35yrs, James Edward 21yrs, Deceased 3 males 2 females, Reg 28/1924 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HARVEY John Tom 12hrs, d 12 Jan 1904, at Sons of Gwalia, Leonora, Cause: Premature birth, Father: William Smith HARVEY (Moulder), Mother: Louisa Buchanan BRODIE, Born Leonora, Twin to Elizabeth, Reg 2/1904 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HARVEY Joseph Henry — 3mths, d 23 Jan 1919, at Gwalia, Cause: Marasmus, Father: Arthur John HARVEY (Mechanic), Mother: Harriet JONES, Reg 3/1919 Mt Margaret, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HARVEY Katherine 3mths, d 11 Nov 1922, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Enteritis, Father: John HARVEY (Miner), Mother: Harriet JONES, Born Leonora, Reg 16/1922, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HARVEY Leonard — 63yrs, b 25 Feb 1936, Reg Mt Margaret 4/1936, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HARVEY Thelma 4hrs, d 31 Mar 1906, Gwalia, Cause: Premature Birth, Father: William HARVEY (Moulder), Mother: Louisa Buchanan BRODIE, Born Gwalia, Twin to Eileen, Reg 26/1906 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HASTED Robert — 78yrs, d 19 Jul 1952, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Pensioner, Cause: Cardiac Failure, Father: Jacob Nichols HASTED (Farmer), Mother: Elizabeth Constance MCMILLAN, Single, Reg Mt Margaret 11/1952, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HAWKINS unnamed child — 3days, b 4 May 1995, Born in bush at Mulga Queen WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HAWTHORNE Nellie 57yrs, d about 9 Feb 1922, at the residence of Mr M Punch, Gwalia Street, Leonora, Occ: Domestic Servant, Cause: Fatty degeneration of heart, Verdict of Coroner after post-mortem, Born England, Child: Nellie 22yrs, Reg 2/1922 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HAY James Q B — 59yrs, b 26 Mar 2009, Born Largs Scotland, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HAYBALL William Henry — 1yrs, d 30 Oct 1913, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Meningitis, Father: Robert HAYBALL (Station Manager), Mother: Bethia McLeod GORMAN, Born SA, Reg Mt Margaret 33/1913, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HEADLEY George Albert — 54yrs, d 16 Jun 1943, at Tormoola Station, via Leonora, Cause: Cognitive heart failure probably caused by excess of alcohol, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: William George HEADLEY (Butcher), Mother: Adelaide DUCKWORTH, Born: Adelaide South Australia, Married to Catherine E BROUDER in 1914 in Kanowna WA, Children: Margaret b 1916, Albert b 1917, Arthur b 1919, Reg Mt Margaret 8/1943, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.


Annie and Joseph HEATLEY

HEATLEY Annie Isabel Allen Somersetshire 49yrs, d 22 Sep 1928, at Gwalia, Widow, Cause: Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Father: Arthur CLEGG (Carpenter), Mother: Henrietta Allan DICKSON, Born At Sea, In Vic 22yrs, In WA 27yrs, Married to Joseph Thomas HEATLEY in Leonora WA at age 24yrs, Children: Ivy 24yrs, Norman Thomas 22yrs, Myrtle Patricia 19yrs, Rose 9yrs, Deceased 3 males, Reg 18/1928 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HEATLEY Donald Cameron 3yrs, d 24 Oct 1918, at Gwalia, Cause: Intestinal Toxaemia, Father: Joseph Thomas HEATLEY (Miner), Mother: Annie Isabel Allan Somersetshire CLEGG, Born Gwalia WA, Reg 30/1918 Mt Margaret, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HEATLEY Eddie — 1yr, d 29 Apr 1912, at Gwalia, Cause: Marasmus, Heart Failure, Father: Joseph Thomas HEATLEY (Miner), Mother: Annie Isabel Somersetshire CLEGG, Born Gwalia WA, Reg Mt Margaret 9/1912, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HEATLEY Jack 1yr, d 5 May 1912, at Gwalia, Infant Cause: Marasmus/Cardiac Failure, Father: Joseph Thomas HEATLEY (Miner) Mother: Annie Isabel Somersetshire CLEGG, Born Gwalia WA, Reg 11/1912 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HEATLEY Joseph Thomas 73yrs, d 21 Apr 1927, at Gwalia, Occ: Miner, Cause: Phthisis, Exhaustion, Cardiac Failure, Father: Joseph HEATLEY, Mother: Mary Jane COMPTON, Born Melbourne VIC, Married to Annie Isabel CLEGG in Leonora WA at age 47yrs, Children: Ivy 23yrs, Norman Thomas 21yrs, Myrtle 18yrs, Rose 8yrs, Deceased 3 males, Reg 5/1927 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery. (See Annie Heatley)

HEEREY Stella 9 days, d 22 Mar 1910, at Hoover Street, Leonora, Cause: Umbilical haemorrhage, Father: Leslie Thomas HEEREY (Miner), Mother: Eva Sarah Pauline KEIGHAM, Born Leonora, Reg 16/1910 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HEFFERNAN William Cahill 67yrs, at the Leonora Hospital, Occ: Prospector, Cause: Chronic Myocarditis, Valve Disease, Heart Failure, Father: John HEFFERNAN (Hotel Keeper), Mother: Mary (Minna) Jemima Johnson GRANT, Born: Bundarra NSW, In WA 39yrs, Married to Mary O’NEIL in Laverton WA at 38yrs, no children, Reg 10/1933 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

HEMMINGS Charles Francis — 60yrs, d 13 Nov 1922, In the bush near Leonora, Occ: Labourer, Cause: Carcinoma of pancreas, Heart Failure, Reg 15/1922 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.


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