Leonora Airport Road Cemetery, Western Australia - Photo Find a Grave
William “Willie” WHITFORD
Age at Death19
Date Of Death19 June 1901 : Reg 26/1901 Mt Margaret
Place Of BirthClunes, Victoria
OccupationTrucker
West Australian, Thursday 20 June 1901
Mt. Leonora Miner, Saturday 22 June 1901
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA - Photo Paul Doust
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA
Leonora Airport Road Cemetery, Western Australia - Photo Find a Grave
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Sons of Gwalia GM, Leonora, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
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.
Place Of Burial
Leonora Airport Road Cemetery, Western Australia
Submitted by
David McMillan - Volunteer
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
Richard WHITFORD (Miner) (1850-1917)
Mother
Ann Louisa DOBLE (1845-1905)
Other Information
In VIC 16yrs, In WA 3yrs
See page 230 in Lyman L. and Fitzgerald, C. (eds) (2012) "110 in the Waterbag. A history of life, work and leisure in Leonora, Gwalia and the Northern Goldfields". Western Australian Museum.
