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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.

 

BRYANT George — 64yrs, d 5 Mar 1947, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Caretaker, Cause: Chronic Myocarditis, Born: Ballarat VIC, In WA 15yrs, Married twice: 1^st name unknown in Broken Hill NSW at age 34yrs, 2^nd to Rosina ARMITAGE in St Kilda VIC at age 51yrs, no children, Reg 5/1947 Mt Margaret, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BUCKINGHAM Peter George — 59yrs, b 16 Sep 2006, Born Sydney NSW, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BUCKLEY Patrick John — 39yrs, b 18 Mar 1962, Father: John J BUCKLEY, Mother: Bridget BUCKLEY, Reg 8/1962 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BUCKOO — 85yrs, d 26 Sep 1931, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Teamster, Cause: Shock resulting from injury to the brain because of a fracture to the skull, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: AHDOO (Labourer), In WA 26yrs, Born: Karachi India, Reg 13/1931 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BULK Wilhelm — 82yrs, d 19 May 1953, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Prospector, Cause: Cardiac enlargement, Born: Schmalfeld Germany, In VIC 1yr, In WA 47yrs, Father: Frederick BULK (Farmer), Mother: Margaret SCHUMANN, Single, Born: Germany, Reg 9/1953 Mt Margaret, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BULL David Kerr — 69yrs, d 29 Apr 1933, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Engine Driver, Cause: Parochial Asthma and Heart Failure, Father: Charles Edmund BULL, Mother: Elizabeth Letitia THOMPSON, Born: Drury, Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand, In WA 40yrs, Reg 4/1933 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BULL Norman Charles Herbert― 48yrs, d 8 Apr 1945, in camp near Agnew, Occ: Labourer, Cause: Acute Alcoholism, Coroners Inquiry after Post-Mortem, Born: VIC, In VIC 30yrs, In WA and NT about 12yrs, Reg 9/1945 East Murchison, ANG, Buried in Leonora Cemetery.

BULOG Ante — 57yrs, d 28 Dec 1947, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Invalid Pensioner, Cause: Gastroenteritis and Toxaemia, b 29 Dec 1947, Born: Vrcore, Dalmaji, Yugoslavia, In WA 35yrs, Single, Reg 1/1948 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BUNDABOOGOO Teddy — 75yrs, b 29 Aug 1967, Born: Warburton WA, from Biddy's Patch, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BURKE Joseph — 57yrs, d 3 Jan 1941, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Prospector, Cause: Chronic Cardiac Valvular disease, Syncope, b 4 Jan 1941, Reg 4/1941 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

William BURKE

BURKE William Alfred — about 28yrs, d 10 Aug 1911, at Gwalia Central GM, Leonora, Occ: Miner, Cause: Accidentally falling from the ladder in the shaft of the Central Gwalia GM causing fractured skull and dislocated neck, Verdict of the Coroner. Father: John BURKE (Miner), Mother: Mary BURKE, Born: Bathurst NSW, In NSW 21yrs, In WA 6yrs, Single, Reg 33/1911 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.   Mine Death —  www.wavmm.com

BURNS Eliza Ann — 77yrs, d 19 May 1902, at Gwalia, Cause: Senile Decay, Born Aberdeen Scotland, Father: William MATHEW (Sea Captain), 4 years in Victoria and 3 years in WA, Married in Edinburgh, Scotland to Edward BURNS at age 26yrs. Reg 33/1902 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BURROWS Agnes — 75yrs, d 5 Feb 1946, at Leonora Hospital, Widow, Cause: Gastro Enteritis, Born: South Australia, In SA 28yrs, In WA 47yrs, Married to John Richard BURROWS in Adelaide SA at age 21yrs, Children: Cyril Malcolm 51yrs, Neil 43yrs, 1 male deceased, Reg 3/1946 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BURROWS Cyril Malcolm — 62yrs, d 16 Jul 1957, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Fitter, Cause: Coronary Occlusion, Hypertension, Born: Farina SA, Father: John Richard BURROWS (Driver), Mother: Agnes Sarah TUCKER, Married to Bessie CORDWELL on 3 Sep 1923 Leonora WA, Children: Shirley 32yrs, Jean 30yrs, Reg 9/1957 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

Eva BURROWS

BURROWS Evelyn'Eva' Ada — 29yrs, d 25 Dec 1925, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Housewife, Cause: Acidosis and Peritonitis, Father: James William HALL (Engineer), Mother: Elizabeth CATTERALL, Married to Norman F BURROWS in Leonora WA at age 28yrs, Children: Leo Thomas, Reg 20/1925 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BURROWS Henry William — 77yrs, d 8 Apr 1952, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Retired Pensioner, Cause: Carcinoma of Lung. Born: Deniliquin NSW, In NSW 21yrs, In WA 56yrs, Father: Frederick William BURROWS (Drover), Mother: Sarah BRITTON, Single, b 9 Apr 1953, Reg 3/1953 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BURROWS Norman Frederick — 50yrs, d 9 Mar 1943, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner: Cause: Tuberculosis Broncho Pneumonia, Silicosis, Father: John Richard BURROWS (Coach Driver), Mother: Agnes Sarah TUCKER, Born: Adelaide SA, In SA 5yrs, In WA 45yrs, Married twice, 1^st to Evelyn Ada HALL in Leonora WA at age 31yrs, 2^nd to May Ursula NICHOLS in Leonora WA at age 47yrs, Children: Leo Thomas 17yrs (1^st Marriage), no children to 2^nd marriage, b 10 Mar 1943, Reg 5/1943 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BURROWS Thomas George — 68yrs, d 8 Apr 1941, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Labourer, Cause: Arteriosclerosis Exhaustion, Father: Frederick William BURROWS (Drover), Mother: Sarah BRITTON, Born: Nap Nap Station, NSW, In NSW 23yrs, In WA 43yrs, In SA 2yrs, b 9 Apr 1941, Reg 11/1941 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BURTON Diana — 70yrs, d 17 Apr 1958, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Pulmonary Oedema and renal failure, Congestive Cardiac Failure, Married to Jimmy BURTON, Reg 101958 Mt Margaret, Aboriginal Section, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BURTON Jimmy — 70yrs, d 9 Mar 1961, at Leonora Hospital, Pensioner, Cause: Cerebral Hemorrhage, Born: Leonora WA, Single, Reg 5/1961 Mt Margaret, Aboriginal Section, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BURTON Mona — 66yrs, b 11 Sep 1981, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BURTON William — 69yrs, d 20 Jul 1927, in camp at Malcolm, Occ: Pensioner, Cause: Myocarditis, Father: George Lawfort BURTON (Gentleman), Mother: Annie Maria FISHER, Born Burra Burra, SA, In SA 49yrs, In WA 20yrs, Reg 10/1927 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BURTON Willie — b 26 Oct 1979, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BUSHBY Wilfred — 72yrs, d 30 Aug 1948, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Labourer, Cause: Lobar Pneumonia, Chronic Myocarditis, Single, Reg 16/1948 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BUTLER Richard John — 75yrs, d 18 Jul 1957, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Broncho Pneumonia, Debility, Senility, Father: Richard John BUTLER, Mother: Sarah HUDSON, Born: VIC, In WA 52yrs, In VIC 23yrs, Married to Ethel Maude CUNNINGHAM in Boulder WA in 1909, Reg 10/1957 Mt Margaret, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BUTLER Stephen George — 6mths, d 24 Dec 1956, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Shock caused by heat prostration, Father: George William BUTLER (Fireman), Mother: Veronica Mary PENNEFATHER, Reg 18/1956 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BYFIELD Charles — 46yrs, d 23 Sep 1929, at Lot 699, Tower Street, Leonora, Occ: Workman’s Inspector of Mines, Cause: Bronchitis, Father: George BYFIELD (Miner), Mother: Johanna FOX, Born: Clunes VIC, In VIC 9yrs, In WA 37yrs, Married twice: 1^st to Francis Jane GUEST in Leonora WA at age 25yrs, 2^nd to Mabel Emily MILLER in Kalgoorlie WA at age 42yrs, Children: 1^st marriage: Charles Francis 20yrs, Eileen Doris 18yrs, 2^nd Marriage: Esme June 3yrs, Pamela Mary 4mths, Reg 15/1929 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

CADZOW John Brown — 65yrs, d 24 Jun 1929, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Saddler, Cause: Myocarditis,
Father: William CADZOW, Mother: Euphemia Forsythe BROWN, Born: Ovens River, VIC, Married to Anna Margaretta MIECHEL in Victoria in 1891, Children: William born 1891, John Phillip born 1899, Reg 9/1929 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

CALDER unnamed male — d 29 Apr 1914, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Stillborn, Asphyxia, Born Post-mortem by caesarean, Father: Ernest CALDER (Hair Dresser), Mother: Violet Ann ASHLEY, Reg 19/1914 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

Leonora Miner 2 May 1914, page 2

CALDER Violet Ann — 19yrs, d 29 Apr 1914, at Leonora Hospital, Married woman, Cause: Burns and shock, Father: Albert ASHLEY (Miner), Mother: Mary Ann ASHTON, Married to Ernest CALDER in Leonora at age 16yrs, Children: Florence Beryl 1yr, 1 Male deceased (pregnant at time of accident), Reg 18/1914 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

CALE Percy Reginald — 33yrs, d 11 Oct 1918, at Leonora Gold Blocks Mine Leonora, Occ: Battery Amalgamator, Cause: Accidentally killed, by being jammed under grinding pan at Gold Blocks GM, Verdict of Coroner, Father: James CALE (Mine Manager), Mother: Emily Elizabeth PEISLEY, Born: Blackheath, NSW, In NSW 5yrs, In WA 28yrs, Married to Margaret DALY in Leonora WA at age 23yrs, Children: Arlene Margaret 9yrs, Jim, 5yrs, Emily Marjorie 2yrs, Gladys Irene 6mths, Reg 29/1918 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery. Mine Death www.wavmm.com

CALEGARI Valentino — 39yrs, d 29 Aug 1928, at Gwalia Rd, Gwalia, Occ: Miner, Cause: Phthisis and exhaustion, Father: Paul CALEGARI (Labourer), Mother: Teresa SEGGHESI, Born Gorno, Italy, In WA 19yrs. Married to Lily POSETTI in Gwalia WA at age 29yrs, no children, Reg 14/1928 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

CALLAGHAN Thomas — 69yrs, d 30 Jun 1926, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Hotelkeeper, Cause: Exhaustion and Heart Failure, Born Ireland, In NSW 2yrs, in WA 36yrs, Married to Elizabeth Elsie ALLEN, Reg 10/1926 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

CALNEGGIA Michele Agostino — 43yrs, d 3 May 1924, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Toxaemia, Heart Failure, Father: Matto CALNEGGIA (Farmer), Mother: Caterena BARTOLA, Married to Maria TAVELLI in Ponti Italy at age 27yrs, Children: Gino Angeleno 15yrs, Alberto Domenico 10yrs, Elvira 8yrs, Ferina 6yrs, Olindo Mick 1yr, Reg 9/1924 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

CAMADINI Bartollo — 35yrs, d 14 Feb 1938, at the Mullock Open Cut, Sons of Gwalia GM, Leonora, Occ: Miner, Cause: Death by injuries received by being struck by a piece of stone whilst working in the Mullock Open Cut, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: Bartolo CAMADINI (Miner), Mother: Maria ZANI, Born: Incudine, Provence of Bressia, Italy, In WA 13yrs, Single, b 15 Jan 1938, Reg 7/1938 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery. Mine Death www.wavmm.com

CAMERON Frank — 72yrs, d 18 Mar 1945, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Pensioner, Cause: Carcinoma of Prostate, Chronic Nephritis, Parents Unknown, Reg 7/1945 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

CAMPBELL B — 84yrs, b 8 Feb 1991, Born Leonora WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

CAMPBELL George — 66yrs, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

CAMPBELL Paul — 42yrs, b 14 Aug 1991, METH, Born Mt Margaret WA, Reg 16/1926 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

CANN Emanuel Ernest — 64yrs, d 16 Dec 1926, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Engine Driver, Cause: Chronic Asthma, Born England, Reg 16/1926 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

Guiseppe CAPPELLI

CAPPELLI Guiseppe Luigi ‘Joe’ — 36yrs, d 21 Feb 1923, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Boarding House Keeper, Cause: Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Haemorrhage, Father: Giuseppe CAPPELLI (Farmer), Mother: Maria RINALDI, Born: Italy, In WA 20yrs, Married to Henrietta Rosa ‘Rita’ TORIANI, no children, Reg 5/1923 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

CAREY William John — 56yrs, d 6 Jul 1947, at Darlot north of Leonora, Occ: Prospector, Cause: Cerebral Haemorrhage after ruptured artery in the brain, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: William James CAREY (Farmer), Mother: Emma HALL, Born: Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, In WA 36yrs, Married to Elanior Frances BERGIN in Youanmi WA at age 47yrs, no children, Reg 13/1947 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

CARMODY William Joseph — 58yrs, d 2 Sep 1959, at Tower St, Leonora, WA, Occ: Labourer, Cause: Coronary Occlusion, Born: Ireland, Parents Unknown, Single, RC Reg 2/1959 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

CARNLEY John — 6yrs, d 9 Aug 1913, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Accidentally by drinking caustic soda in mistake for fruit juice, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: John HEPPLE (Miner), Mother: Selina CARNLEY, Reg 27/1913 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

CARPENTER Estelle Margaret — 8yrs 10mths, d 4 May 1926, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Endocarditis, Father: William Edmond CARPENTER (Assayer), Mother: Floris Margaret CUTTING, Born Leonora WA, Reg 5/1926 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

CARPENTER Floris Margaret — 75yrs, d 22 Apr 1959, Father: William George Henry CUTTING, Mother: Margaret CUMMINGS, Married to William Edmund CARPENTER in Leederville WA in 1915, Children: Estelle Margaret b 1917, Mura Edith Floris b 1920, William Vernon b 1923, (died in South Australia), Buried Leonora Cemetery.

Floris and William E CARPENTER

CARPENTER William Vernon — 67yrs, b 2 Dec 1990, Born: Campbelltown, SA, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

CARPENTER William Edmund — 48yrs, d 28 Nov 1924, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Leonora, Occ: Assayer, Cause: Thrombosis of coronary artery, Father: William CARPENTER (Sea Captain), Mother: Emily ROBINSON, Born Thames, New Zealand, In New Zealand 25yrs, In WA 16yrs, Married to Floris Margaret CUTTING in Leederville WA at age 37yrs, Estelle Margaret b 1917, Mura Edith Floris b 1920, William Vernon b 1923, Reg 27/1924 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

 

William Edmund & Estella Margaret CARPENTER

CARSS Thomas Henry ‘Harry’— 67yrs, d 30 Jul 1942, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Yardman, Cause: Pulmonary Emphysema and Cardiac Dilation, Father: Joseph William CARSS, Mother: Emma Miria BOWLES, Born Bendigo VIC, 1^st Married to Annette O’LEARY in 1902 in Victoria, Children: Alma, Annetta, Elsie, 2^nd Married to Ethel May LEWIS in Kalgoorlie WA in 1921, no children, Reg 19/1942 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

CARTER James Reuben — 8mths, d 13 Mar 1908, near Gwalia Block, Gwalia, Cause: Ulcerative Colitis, Father: John Charles CARTER (Miner), Mother: Catherine HOGAN, Born: Perth WA, Reg 28/1908 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

CARTHEW Stephen — 76yrs, d 15 Apr 1945, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Pensioner, Cause: Enlargement of Prostate and Chronic Nephritis, Reg 9/1945 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.