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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


ARTHUR BENN With satartling suddenness the death occurred at Murrin Murrin on Wednesday of Mr. Arthur Benn (better known as Joey Benn| of Yundamindera. The late Mr Benn, a returned soldier from the Kaiser war, was a very old resident of the Mount Margaret goldfield and had engaged in prospecting ever since that period.It is learned that the deceased had been indisposed for a few days, when Mr. R. Murray, of Yundamindera station, with the intention of seeking medical aid, conveyed him to Murrin Murrin. A halt was made in front of the Railway Hotel at 10 a.m., and five minutes later. Mr Benn collapsed. The body was brought into Leonora in the afternoon of that day, and the interrment took place in the local cemetery.

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.


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