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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.

VAUGHAN Edwin — 29yrs, d 26 Dec 1902, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Labourer, Cause: Dysentery, Born: London England, Reg 3/1901 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

VENOSTA Giuseppe — 22yrs, d 10 Jan 1906, at Sons of Gwalia, Leonora, Occ: Miner, Cause: Accidental death through explosion of gelignite, Verdict of the Coroner, Mother: Josephine, Born: Italy, RC, Reg 4/1906 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery, Mine Death – www.wavmm.com

Milano VILANO (AVIGANO)

VILANO Aldo Giuseppe — 63yrs, d 21 Dec 1950, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Cerebral Haemorrhage received when the bicycle he was riding collided with another bicycle, Verdict of the Coroner, Born: Edolo, Italy, In WA 26yrs, Reg 19/1950 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

VIOLI Giacomo — 64yrs, d 10 Sep 1955, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner, Lived at Gwalia, Cause: Coronary Occlusion, Severe Anemia, Carcinoma of stomach, Father: Pietro VIOLI (Farmer), Mother: Moista PIAZZANI, Born: Udine, Italy, In WA 28yrs, Married to Caterina BERTOLI in Udine Italy on the 23^rd May 1922, Children: Moista 33yrs, Catarina 31yrs, Giacomo Maria 30yrs, Reg 20/1955 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

VISTARINI Hugo ‘Hugh’ ― 74yrs, d 21 Oct 1943, at Agnew Hospital, WA, Occ: Prospector, Cause: General peritonitis caused by a ruptured gastric ulcer, Father: Hannibal Annotel VISTARINI, Mother: Isabella BURTON, Coroners Inquiry after post-mortem, Born: VIC, Reg 17/1943 East Murchison, Buried in Leonora Cemetery.

VLAIEVLJEVICH Dane — 58yrs, d 4 May 1955, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Leonora, Occ: Miner, Cause: Death was due to multiple injuries received when he was crushed between the skip and shaft timber at the No 31 level of the internal inclined shaft, Verdict of the Coroner, Parents Unknown, Born: Yugoslavia, Married, Reg 7/1955 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.  Mine Death — www.wavmm.com

VUKMANOVICH Milo — 50yrs, d 7 Nov 1947, at 29^th level of the Sons of Gwalia GM, Occ: Horse Driver, Cause: From injuries he received when he was crushed between the lip of the schute and the truck he ewas driving, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: Krcun VUKMANOVICH (Farmer), Mother: Iha JOUETICH, Born: Vir-Pazar, Podgor, Yugoslavia, In WA 12yrs, Married to Joka VUJACICH in Vir-Pazar, Podgor, Yugoslavia at age 26yrs, Child: Jelena 22yrs, Reg 23/1947 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery. Mine Death – www.wavmm.com

WAIGHT Susan — 38yrs, b 9 Jan 2003, Born: Esperance WA, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WALKER Anne Elizabeth — 69yrs, Born: Meekatharra WA, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WALKER Claudie — 71yrs, b 28 Oct 1995, Born: Western Australia, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WALKER Dolly P — 74yrs, b 17 Jul 2010, Born: Laverton WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WALKER Fiona — 48yrs, b 20 Jun 2020, Born: Perth WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WALKER Patrick — 9mths, b 11 Dec 1992 Born: Perth WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

Veronica WALKER

WALKER Veronica — 32yrs, b Sept 1981, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WALLANGA — 60yrs, d 8 Jan 1957, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Uraemia & Nephritis, Verdict of the Coroner after post-mortem, Born: Mulga Queen WA, Reg 2/1957 Mt Margaret, Aboriginal Section, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WALLAT Frederick — 74yrs, d about 15 Feb 1919, at Websters Find, Near Leonora, Occ: Prospector, Fatty degeneration of heart, Born Germany, Reg 6/1919 Mt Margaret, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WALSHAW Mildred Mary — 85yrs, b 29 Mar 1979, Born: Southern Cross WA, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WALTON Claudine Helen — 50yrs, b 28 Nov 1954, at Leonora Hospital, from Linden, Housewife, Cause: Broncho Pneumonia, Contributary cause, extreme obesity, Father: Otto William BERLINER (Music Teacher), Mother: Helen SMITH, Born: Albany WA, Married to Robert WALTON in Albany WA on 28 Feb 1929, Children: Mary Patricia 24yrs, Roberta Helen 22yrs, Leonard James 18yrs, Reg 19/1954 Mt Margaret, Ang Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WANDAGEE E — 34yrs, b 11 Oct 1963, Born: Mertondale Station WA, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WARBURTON Joe — 69yrs, b 12 Jul 1979, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WARD Elizabeth Dickson — 33yrs, d 26 Aug 1916, at Leonora District Hospital, Married woman, Cause: Adhered Placenta, Peritonitis, Father: George STENHOUSE (Contractor), Mother Elizabeth DICKSON, Born Pumpherston, Scotland, In SA 3yrs, In WA 18yrs, Married to Francis S WARD in East Fremantle WA at age 31yrs, Children: Ronald Francis 2 months, Reg 21/1916 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

Wendy WARD

WARD Wendy Denise — 3 ½yrs, d 9 Jul 1944, at the residence of W Baldwin, Leonora, Cause: Death due to a haemorrhage into as tumour of the brain, Finding of Coroner after post-mortem, Father: John Charles WARD (Fitter), Mother: Odette Jeanne ANTOINI, Born: Leonora WA, Reg Mt Margaret 9/1944, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WARMAN Wallis Charles — 7mths, d 3 Nov 1904, at Gwalia Leonora, Cause: Gastro Enteritis, Father: William Henry WARMAN (Miner), Mother: Charlotte MILLEN, Born Claremont WA, Reg 46/1904 Mt Margaret, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WARREN Fanny — 75yrs, d 19 Aug 1958, at Leonora Hospital, from Mt Margaret Mission, Cause: Secondary Carcinoma of the lungs, Carcinoma of right breast, Born: Warburton Ranges WA, Single, Reg 16/1958 Mt Margaret, Aboriginal Section, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WARREN James Corbyn — 54yrs, d 22 May 1917, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Engine Driver, Cause: Arteria Sclerosis, Morbus Cordis, Chronic Nephritis, Father: James G WARREN, Mother: Eliza BOYD, Born York WA, In SA and NSW 40yrs, In WA 14yrs, Married to Bridget OSHEA in Gawler SA at age 21yrs, Children 1 female deceased, Reg 13/1917 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WARREN Margorie — 10yrs, d 24 Aug 1915, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Meningitis, Father: Joseph WARREN (Grazier), Mother: Eglanteen CAMPBELL, Born Kalgoorlie WA, Reg 25/1915 Mt Margaret, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery

WARREN Mick Wyanoo —71yrs, b 1 Feb 1979, at Leonora, Born: Carnegie Station WA, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WATSON Charles James — 2mths, d 19 Mar 1908, on Gwalia Road, Leonora, Cause: Gastro Enteritis, Father: George WATSON (Miner), Mother: Ethel Maud RAWSON, Born Leonora WA, Reg 20/1908 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WATSON George William — 67yrs, d 12 Jul 1929, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Invalid Pensioner Cause: Pulmonary Fibrosis, Born England, Reg 11/1929 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WATSON James — 59yrs, d 12 Feb 1920, at Gwalia Mine, Leonora, Occ: Miner, Cause: Heart Failure, Born: Finland, Reg 5/1920 Mt Margaret, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WATSON Jeanie Yangilla — 61yrs, b 21 Jul 1976, at Mt Margaret, Born: Warburton WA, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WATSON Raymond — 22yrs, b 23 Sep 1969, Mother: Yimundra, Born: Warburton WA, Reg 17/1969 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WATTERSTON James — 46yrs, d 16 Nov 1903, at Laver Street, Leonora, Occ: Baker, Cause: Failure of the heart, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: Thomas WATTERSTON, Mother: Margaret NICOL, Born: Kilkenny Fife, Scotland, Married to Sarah WOODWARD at Pitteween, Scotland in 1882, Children: Kathleen b 1886, Thomas Woodward b 1887, Margaret Watterson b 1890, John Woodward b 1893, James b 1893, Sarah Jane b 1896, Agnes Beryl b 1897, Reg 49/1903 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WEALE Bernard Joseph — 68yrs, d 6 Aug 1927, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Hospital Wardsman, Cause: Pulmonary Aneurysm, Haemorrhage & Exhaustion, Father: William Henry James WEALE (dec), Occ: Antiquary, Mother: Amelia WEALE (dec), Born London, in WA 30yrs, Reg 12/1927 Mt Margaret, ANG,  Buried Leonora Cemetery.

Annie WEBB

WEBB Annie — 79yrs, d 28 Jul 1929, at the White House Hotel, Leonora, Occ: Hotel Keeper, Cause: Myocarditis, Father: William Lewis WARD (Farmer), Mother: Harriett WYATT, Born Gawler Plains SA (or possibly Devon England), In SA 38yrs, In NSW 7yrs, In WA 34yrs, Married twice: 1^st to H J DEAN in Adelaide SA aged 28yrs, 2^nd to Thomas WEBB in Adelaide SA aged 45yrs, Children: 1^st Marriage Herbert George DEAN 48yrs, Reg 13/1929 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WEBB Herbert George — 77yrs, b 8 Mar 1959, Occ: Hotel Proprietor, Cause: Congestive Cardiac Failure, Father: Thomas WEBB (Hotel Proprietor), Mother: Annie WARD, Born: Adelaide SA, Reg 3/1959 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

Thomas WEBB

Thomas WEBB

WEBB Thomas — 51yrs, d 7 Aug 1912, at Tower Street, Leonora, Occ: Hotelkeeper, Cause: by a revolver shot, accidentally fired by his own hand, Verdict of Coroner, Father: Alfred WEBB, Mother: Jane WATKINS, Born: England, In WA 17yrs, Married in South Australia to Annie DEAN (formerly WARD), no children, Reg Mt Margaret 30/1912, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WEBBER Ernest ‘Emil’ — 25yrs, d 29 Apr 1907, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Labourer, Cause: Enteric Fever, Reg 35/1907 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WEETIE Trilby Manooka — 12yrs, b 7 Aug 1976, b, Born: Tarmoola Station, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WESTGRATH Robert — 67yrs, d 12 Aug 1945, at Euro near Laverton, Old Age Pensioner, Cause: Coronary Occlusion, Verdict of the Coroner after post mortem, Father: John Christian WESTGARTH, Mother: Ursula HOSKING, Born: Sparrowhawk, VIC, Single, Reg Mt Margaret 14/1945, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WESTLAKE Darren — 3yrs, Born: Warburton Ranges WA, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WESTLAKE Harvey — 3wks, b 31 Aug 1970, Born: Leonora WA, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WESTLAKE Joshua — 5wks, b 21 Aug 1986, Born: Warburton Ranges WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WESTLAKE Nanooma — 69yrs, b 14 Mar 1987, Born: Warburton WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WESTLAKE Snowy — Infant, b 29 Nov 1975, Born: Warburton, WA, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WESTLY Albert Edward — 85yrs, b 11 Oct 1986, Born: Leonora WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WHITE Ernest Wilfred — 78yrs, d 15 Nov 1944, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Carcinoma of bladder, Secondary Anaemia, Silicosis, Father: Ernest WHITE, Mother: Mary WHITE, Born: Liverpool, England, In WA 35yrs, Married to Catherine LALOR in West Melbourne VIC aged 36yrs, Children: Eileen Catherine 35yrs, Wilfred Michael 32yrs, 1 male deceased, Reg Mt Margaret 19/1944, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WHITE Nora — 75yrs, d 17 May 1953, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: General Debility, Burns & Exposure, Born: WA, Reg 8/1953 Mt Margaret, Aboriginal Section, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

William WHITFORD

WHITFORD William — 19yrs, d 19 Jun 1901, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Occ: Miner, Cause: Griffith EVANS and William WHITFORD were travelling through a pass in opposite directions and met in crawling positions. A rock immediately above them fell, killing both, at the Sons of Gwalia GM, Father: Richard WHITFORD (Miner), Mother: Ann DOBLE, Born: Clunes VIC, In VIC 16yrs, In WA 3yrs, Reg 26/1901 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery. Mine Death — www.wavmm.com

WIDDICK Henry — 42yrs, d 10 Jul 1906, at Leonora District Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Phthisis, Exhaustion, Reg 43/1906 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WILCOX Jacky Noggerup — 70yrs, b 9 Sep 1963, Born: Lake Darlot WA, Reg 28/1963 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WILCOX Robert — 54yrs, b 31 Jul 2009, Born: Barwidgee, WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WILDE Alfred — 80yrs, d 23 May 1917, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Prospector, Cause: Senile Decay,
Reg 14/1917 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

Alexander WILKINSON

WILKINSON Alexander (Ted) L — 67yrs, d 17 Aug 2000, Born: Shepperton VIC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

Hazel WILLEY

WILLEY Hazel Lorraine — 3yrs, d 3 Jan 1946, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Acute Gastro Enteritis, Father: Edward Ernest WILLEY (Baker), Mother: Christina ADAMS, Born: Perth WA, Reg Mt Margaret 1/1946, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WILLIAMS Dorothy — 1yr, d 21 Jun 1948, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Infected Yaws, Toxaemia, Father: Jack WILLIAMS (Station Hand), Mother: Goongie, Born: Yakabindie Station, Mt Sir Samuel, WA, Reg 12/1948 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WILLIAMS Frances Clementine — 4mths, b 4 Nov 1910, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WILLIAMS Geoffrey Thomas — 79yrs, b 16 Oct 2008, Born: Kalgoorlie WA, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

Gibbon WILLIAMS

WILLIAMS Gibbon — 69yrs, d 2 Oct 1936, Leonora Hospital, Occ: Prospector, Cause: Asthma, Exhaustion and Cardiac Failure, Born: Ballarat VIC, In WA 35yrs, Reg 23/1936 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WILLIAMS Jack — 47yrs, b 15 Dec 1971, Born: Wonganoo WA, Reg 29/1971 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WILLIAMS John Joseph — 46yrs, d 17 Jun 1902, Occ: Hotel Proprietor, Cause: Fatty Degeneration of the heart & Asthma, Father: John WILLIAMS (Farmer), Mother: Mary Ann CRAPP, Born Creswick, VICTORIA, 10yrs in WA, Married to Sarah EDWARDS at age 21yrs in Victoria, Children: Alice 24yrs, Annie 22yrs, Charles 19yrs, Olive 17yrs, Reg 40/1902 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

Julia WILLIAMS

WILLIAMS Julia — 40yrs, d 10 Jul 1918, at Leonora Hospital, Married woman, Cause: Death from operation on pelvis, shock, Father: Tom PURSEY (Retired), Mother: Deborah, Born Milang, SA, In SA 25yrs, In WA 15yrs, Married to Charles Frederick WILLIAMS in Adelaide SA at age 20yrs, Children: Cyril Baden 18yrs, Lionel James 16yrs, Dorothy Edith 3yrs, Reg 15/1918 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WILLIAMS Lovie — 64yrs, b 7 Jun 1976, Born: Warburton WA, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WILLIAMS M — 59yrs, b 2 Aug 1996, BAPT, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

Norman A WILLIAMS

WILLIAMS Norman Andrew 'Boy' — 51yrs, d 7 May 1953, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Cardiac Enlargement, Father: Thomas Andrew WILLIAMS (Miner), Mother: Ellen Beatrice DAY, Married to Dorothy Lucy OCONNOR in Leonora WA on31 Jan 1929, Children: Geoffrey Thomas 23yrs, Norman Leon 21yrs, Patricia Joy 20yrs, Maureen Dorothy 18yrs, Merle Josephine 16yrs, Michael John 14yrs, Helen Anne 11yrs, Janet Kathleen 8yrs, Born: Kalgoorlie WA, Reg Mt Margaret 7/1953, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WILLIAMS Thomas Andrew — 59yrs, d 1 Jul 1928, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner Cause: Cerebral Haemorrhage and coma, Father: Thomas WILLIAMS (Bootmaker), Mother: Emily YOUNG, Born Norwood SA, In SA 27yrs, In WA 32yrs, Married to Ellen Beatrice BASSETT in Kalgoorlie WA at age 29yrs, Children: Norman Andrew 26yrs, Robert Edgar 24yrs deceased 1 male, Reg 10/1928 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WILLIAMS Tommy — 74yrs, b 24 Apr 1980, Born: Mulga Queen WA, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WILLIAMS William Edmond — 35yrs, d 28 Dec 1904, at Leonora, Occ: Miner, Cause: Alcoholism, Father: David Rees WILLIAMS (Miner), Mother Johanna RYAN, Born Hamilton NSW, In NSW 28yrs, In WA 8yrs, Reg 3/1905, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WILLIAMS Yabbi — 45yrs, b 8 May 1963, Born: Warburton WA, Reg 9/1963 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WILLIAMS Elizabeth — 57yrs, d 4 Sep 1938, at Leonora Hospital, Married Woman, Cause: Carcinoma of Bowel, Cardiac Failure and Exhaustion, Father: Thomas MOORE (Miner), Mother: Marguerite LEVI, Born: Stawell VIC, In VIC 25yrs, in WA 32yrs, Married to George WILLIAMS in Leonora WA at age 29yrs, no children, Reg Mt Margaret 24/1938, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WILLIAMS Geoffrey Thomas — 79yrs, b 16 Oct 2008, Born: Kalgoorlie WA, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WILLIAMS Michael John — 70yrs, b 18 Apr 2009, Born: Leonora WA, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WILLIAMSON John — 23yrs, d 23 Feb 1907, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Labourer, Cause: Suicide, self—inflicted bullet wound, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: James WILLIAMSON (Farmer), Mother: Mary BEARD, Born SA, In SA 19yrs, In WA 4yrs, Reg 19/1907 Mt Margaret, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WILLOCK Hazel Maude — d 14 Jan 1913, at Erlistoun St, Laverton, Cause: Stillborn, Father: Garnet Stanley WILLOCK (Draper), Mother: Jean Jessie WELLS, Death registered by father, Reg 4/1913 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

Maude WILSON

WILSON Elizabeth Maude — 43yrs, d 2 Feb 1916, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Boarding House Keeper, Cause: Carcinoma of uterus, Father: Richard DEARLOVE (Labourer), Mother Jane Ann SANDERS, Born: Bra Bra, SA, Married to James WILSON in Broken Hill NSW, Children: Beatrice Ann 18yrs, Reg 5/1916 Mt Margaret, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WILSON John — 34yrs, b 16 Jun 1963, Born: Boulder WA, Reg 20/1963 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WILSON John William — 75yrs, d 10 Nov 1942, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Prospector, Cause: Cerebral Haemorrhage, Senility, Born: England, Reg Mt Margaret 22/1942, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WILSON unnamed female — d 3 Aug 1911, Nurse Goldings Private Hospital, Leonora, Cause: Stillborn, Pressure on cord, Father: Charles WILSON (Photographer), Mother: Annie Margaret BURMANN, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WILSON unnamed female (Edith)  — d 4 Apr 1913, at Leonora, Cause: Stillborn, Father: Charles WILSON (Photographer), Mother: Annie Margaret BURMANN, Reg 16/1913 Mt Maragret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

WILTON Keith Eric — 5mths, d 24 May 1930, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Marasmus, Father: Christopher James WILTON (Postal Clerk), Mother: Irene May Louisa TILLATSON, Born Kalgoorlie WA, Reg 9/1930 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.