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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.

 

Tom Billings

BILLINGS Thomas — 40yrs, b 12 Nov 1957, Reg 28/1958 East Coolgardie, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BILLY — 60yrs, d 30 Dec 1919, Leonora, Cause: Haemoptysis, Born: Western Australia, Reg 1/1920 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BIRCH John Arthur — 18mths, d 9 Jul 1951, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Broncho Pneumonia, Born: Leonora WA, Father: Thomas Arthur BIRCH, (Underground Mine Supervisor), Mother: Patricia Brenda Constance FRANCIS, Reg 31/1951, Mt Margaret, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BIRD Bridget Mary — 50yrs, d 4 Apr 1956, Occ: Domestic, Cause: Coronary Occlusion & Hypertension, Asthma, Born: Kalgoorlie WA, In WA 42yrs, In NT 5yrs, In SA 1yr, In QLD 2yrs, Father: SNELL, Married to William Kent BIRD on 15 Nov 1954 at Northampton WA, no children, Reg 7/1956 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BISHOP James William — 51yrs, d 9 Mar 1905, at Gwalia, Occ: Miner, Cause: Bronchitis, Father: James BISHOP (Miner), Mother: Elizabeth Ann MOFFAT, Born: Melbourne VIC, In Vic 41yrs, In WA 10yrs, Married Emily NANKERVIS at aged 27yrs at Barrys Reef, VIC, Children: Annie Maud 23yrs, James Edward 21yrs, Elsie May 17yrs, Stanley 15yrs, 1 deceased male, Reg 9/1905 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

The Sun 15 January 1905, page 11

BLACK George — Age unknown, d 9 Jan 1905, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Carpenter, Cause: Epileptic Fit caused by Heat Apoplexy, compression of brain, Reg 7/1905 Mt Margaret, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BLAKE Albert — 85yrs, d 6 May 1938, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Gardener, Cause: Chronic Prostatitis, Cystitis and Uraemia with coma, Father: James BLAKE (Gardener), Mother: Catherine RUSSEN, Born: Highfield, Southampton, Hampshire, England, In VIC 10yrs, In NSW 8yrs, In WA 40yrs, Married to Eliza KEATING in Melbourne VIC at age 35yrs, Children: Alfred 49yrs, Ernest Arthur 47yrs, Olive 43yrs, Ivy 41yrs, Violet 39yrs, Reg 14/1938 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BLAKE Loretta Dael — 51yrs, b 19 Apr 2018, Born: Leonora WA, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BLENCOWE Kathleen — 45yrs, d 19 Feb 1911, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Cook, Cause: Enteric Fever, Father: Peter GALLAGHER, Mother: Kathleen MITCHELL, Born: Dandenong VIC, In VIC 34yrs, In WA 11yrs, Married to James Henry BLENCOWE in Prahran, VIC, Children: Elsie May 25yrs, John James 23yrs, deceased 1 male and 1 female, Reg Mt Margaret 7/1911, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BLEWETT Samuel James — 37yrs, d 27 Feb 1917, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Fracture of skull in a skip accident in mine shaft, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: Charles Nicholson BLEWETT (Miner), Mother Catherine UREN, Born: Bethanga VIC, In VIC for 18yrs, In WA 19yrs, Married to Mary READ in Gwalia WA at age 27yrs, Children: Frank William 9yrs, Thomas 5yrs, Samuel James 3yrs, Catherine Mary 2yrs, Deceased 1 male, Reg 5/1917 Mt Margaret, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.  Mine Death – www.wavmm.com

BLIZZARD Brenda June ― 58yrs, b 25 Sep 2020, Born: Kalgoorlie WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

Clinton BLIZZARD

BLIZZARD (Noonic) Clinton Wayne — 15yrs, d 16 Nov 1993, Born: 12 Sep 1977, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BLIZZARD Bevan — 47yrs, b 27 Nov 2002, Born: Mt Margaret, WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BLIZZARD Darlene Anne — 35yrs, b 25 Jun 1993, Born: Leonora WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BLIZZARD Estelle — 52yrs, b 29 Jun 2012, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BLIZZARD Keely — 60yrs, b 13 Sep 1989, Born: Warburton WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BLIZZARD unnamed male — d 14 Apr 1956, Cause: Stillborn, Asphyxia from prolonged labour, umbilical cord around neck, Father: Kingie BLIZZARD (Station Hand), Mother Beryl JACKSON, Reg 6/1956 Mt Margaret, Aboriginal Section, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BLIZZARD Vincent Robin — 62yrs, b 17 Apr 2015, Born: Mount Margaret WA, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BLOOMFIELD Horace — 78yrs, d 12 Sep 1943, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Prospector, Cause: Chronic Nephritis and Uraemia, Born: Norfolk England, Single, Reg 16/1943 Mt Margaret, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BLOWE Molly — about 60yrs, d 21 Aug 1959, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Carcinoma of Breast, Born: Warburton Ranges WA, Single, Reg 19/1959 Mt Margaret, Aboriginal Section, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BLOWES Sharon Lisa — 6wks, d 1 Jul 1960, at Tower St, Leonora, Cause: Bilateral Lobar Pneumonia, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: Wallace Percival BLOWES (Station Hand), Mother: Rhoda MCINTYRE, Reg 12/1960 Mt Margaret, Aboriginal Section, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BOERIO John Baptiste — 64yrs, d 21 Dec 1929, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Storekeeper, Cause: Cerebral Haemorrhage, enlarged prostate, Father: Richard Joseph BOERIO (Blacksmith), Mother: Margaret POEVAN, Born: Switzerland, In WA 45yrs, Married to Henrietta EGGLING in Perth WA at age 34yrs, Children: Elena Freda 26yrs, Deceased 2 males and 3 females, Reg 1/1930 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

Daily News 3 March 1947

BOKAN Milo — 51yrs, d about 1 Mar 1947, Occ: Miner, Cause:  Suicide, Injuries received as a result of deliberately throwing himself down a shaft with the intent to commit suicide, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: Nikola BOKAN, Mother: Mari DJURKOVIC, Born: Bukovik, Yugoslavia, In WA 10yrs, Married to Ljubica YANKOVICH at age 35yrs, no children, Reg 4/1947 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

John Henry BOLDERAS

BOLADERAS John Henry — d 1 Sep 1928, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Stillborn, Malpresentation during birth (shoulder), Father: Ignatius Francis BOLADERAS (Pastoralist), Mother: Bessie Clementine NAIRN, Reg 15/1928 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BOLAND Nicholas — 74yrs, at Leonora hospital, d 31 Aug 1957, b 2 Sep 1957, Occ: Pensioner, Cause: Broncho Pneumonia, Cardiac Insufficiency, Senility, and Hypertension, Born: Co Wexford, Ireland, In WA 60yrs, Father: James BOLAND (Farmer), Mother: Eliza O’TOOLE, Married to Sarah Ann MCALINDEN in North Perth WA on 4 Nov 1917, Children: James Nicholas, Sarah Elizabeth (dec), Arthur John, Dorothy Margaret, Patrick, May Teresa, Reg 16/1957 Mt Margaret, (registered as female), RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BOMBARDIERI Giovanni — 78yrs, b 10 Jan 1964 Born: Italy, Reg 1/1964 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BOND Anne — 54yrs, b 19 Feb 2011, Born: Mulga Queen WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BOND Geoffrey — 45yrs, b 23 Dec 1995, Born: Mulga Queen WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

Jacqueline S BOND

BOND Jacqueline Susan — 3yrs, d 23 Apr 1959, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Virus Encephalitis, Virus Pneumonia and Uraemia, Born: Birmingham England, In WA 2yrs, Father: Raymond Thomas BOND (Miner), Mother: Ellen Myra KIRK, Reg 6/1959 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BOND Paddy — 71yrs, b 11 May 1976, Born: Cosmo Newberry WA, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BOND Phillip — 46yrs, b 23 Jun 2000, Born: Mulga Queen WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BOND Polly — 87yrs, b 12 Mar 2004, Born: Warburton WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BOND Ranji — 51yrs, b 6 May 1995, Born: Mulga Queen in bush, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

Richard C BOND

BOND Richard Carrington — 59yrs, d 1 Jul 1945, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Bootmaker, Cause: Emphysema of Lungs, Father: James BOND (Miner), Mother: Annie BOND, Born: Lisle Tasmania, Married to Minnie RUSSELL in Leonora WA at age 33yrs, no children, Reg 12/1945 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

Thomas W BOND

BOND Thomas William (Taylor), — 71yrs, d 17 Jan 1958, Occ: Pensioner, Cause: Intra Cranial Haemorrhage, Hypertension, Contributory cause heat wave at Leonora of 117°, Born: Leamington, England, In WA 7yrs, Married twice, 1^st to Florence Louisa BROWN in Africa, date unknown, 2^nd to Norma COSTELLO in Birmingham England on 20 Feb 1924, Children: Raymond Thomas Alfred 40yrs, Thomas Edward 36yrs, Roland Leslie Norman 31yrs, Denis Herbert 29yrs, Norma Carmel Cecelia 28yrs, Anthony Paul 25yrs, Patricia Amelia 23yrs,  Reg 2/1958 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BOND unnamed — 4 days, b 3 May 1976, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BONFANTI Raimondo — 26yrs, d 6 Nov 1911, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Fracture of the spine, paralytic debility, septic condition caused in an accident at the Sons of Gwalia GM on the 22nd May 1911, Father: Bobisto BONFANTI (Storekeeper), Born: in Italy, In WA 3yrs, Reg 59/1911 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery. Mine Death www.wavmm.com

BONI Daniele — 40yrs, d 28 Dec 1943, at Gwalia WA, Occ: Miner, Cause: Death due to a sudden failure of an enlarged fatty degenerated heart, Father: Antonio BONI (Farmer), Mother: Emilia DULI, Born: Ottr Povo Italy, Married to Nina TAGLIAFERRI in Leonora WA at age 28yrs in 1932, Children: Leo 10yrs, Reg 1/1944 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BONNEY Decima Christine — 3mths, d 28 Jul 1957, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Bronco Pneumonia, Born: Leonora WA, Father: Edward Edgar MCGRATH (Labourer), Mother: Betty May BONNEY, Reg 13/1957 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BONNY Francis Nellie — 74yrs, d 20 Sep 1935, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Pensioner, Cause: Diabetes, Broncho Pneumonia and exhaustion, Mother: Francis Nellie BATES, Born: NSW, In NSW about 38yrs, In WA about 36yrs, Reg 24/1935 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BONOMI Luigi — 41yrs, d 6 Sep 1910, Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Postoperative cardiac failure, Father: Omobono BONOMI (Farmer), Mother: Margherita BONOMI, Born: Treviso, Italy, In WA 10yrs, Married to Celesta BETTI at age 23yrs in Treviso, Italy, Children: Vittorio 17yrs, Margherita 15yrs, Giuseppe 13yrs, Lino 1yr, Reg 51/1910 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

BONSON John James — 53yrs, d 5 Feb 1934, Occ: Labourer, Cause: Ruptured stomach, shock, Parents: Unknown, b 5 Feb 1934, Born: Lancashire England, in WA 33yrs, Single, Reg 5/1934 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.