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PINJIN CEMETERY
Reserve 10843 Edjudina Location

Note: I have found just as many references to PINJIN as I have PINGIN. It seems that both were used at various times. For the sake of continuity, I have used the spelling PINJIN as this is how it is spelled in the WA Post Office Directories.

Shearers Quarters Pinjin Station 20111 - Photo Dangs Pics

BOWMAN Otto James – died: 16 Jun 1909, at Pinjin, WA, age 10 1/2  mths, infant; Father: John Micheal BOWMAN; Mother: Margaret Annie KOOPMANN; Born: Jul 1908, Boulder, WA; Buried at the Pinjin Reserve (Reg: 19/1909 North Coolgardie). Note: John and Margaret had three other children all born in Paddington WA, only one of these three survived the childhood of their four children. James was their last child.

Otto James Bowman

DONOVAN Denis – died: 14 Jan 1913, at the Unification Gold Mine, Pinjin, WA, age 52 yrs, Cause: Broken neck from fall; Occ: Miner; Father: Patrick Christopher DONOVAN (Musician); Mother: Mary Agnes EUSTACE; Born: 1861, Maryborough, VIC; In WA since 1897; RC; Buried at the Pingin Reserve (Reg: 3/1913 North Coolgardie).
Mine Death - www.wavmm.com

Evening Star  15 January 1913, page 1

Denis Donovan

Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial Kalgoorlie

GROVES Sydney – died: 24 Sep 1929, at Pinjin Station, Pinjin, WA, age 40 yrs, Cause: Suicide (gun); Occ: Miner and Prospector; Father: Matthias GROVES; Mother: Mary Ann JACKSON; Born: 1888, Lorne, VIC; Married to Elizabeth Ann BLACK nee OATES, 1929, Boulder, WA; In WA since 1911; Buried at the Pinjin Reserve (Reg: 6/1929 North Coolgardie).

Kalgoorlie Miner 28 September 1929, page 4
Pinjin Shooting Fatality.— Constable Read returned from Pingin station on Wednesday night and reported concerning the death of Sydney Groves, who is alleged to have shot himself outside the men's quarters on the station. On Tuesday night the deceased had been in indifferent health for some days and evidently committed suicide whilst temporarily insane. In view of the constable's report, the Coroner has decided that an inquest is unnecessary, as there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the case. 

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Sydney Groves

O'BRIEN Christina Isabel- died: 10 Mar 1907, at the home of his brother Timothy and wife, Elle at the Champion Gold Mine, Pinjin, WA, age 10 wks, Infant; Father: Jeremiah Edward O'BRIEN; Mother: Isabel THOMSON (married Menzies WA in 1904), Born: 1906, Pinjin, WA; Buried at the Pinjin Reserve (Reg: 13/1907 North Coolgardie).

Main Shaft of the Anglo Saxon Mine Pingin - Photo TROVE