Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA
Thomas Henry BANTOW
Age at Death53
Date Of Death24 February 1920 : Reg 3/1920 Black Range
Place Of BirthSebastopol, Victoria.
OccupationMiner
Spouse's NameMarried 3 times - 1st -Alice Maud Marion ROSE -2nd Sarah PERRY - 3rd Jane HARDY
Children1st -Eliza, Carl, 2nd - Ida, Agnes, Gladys Francis, Gladys Myrtle.
Mount Magnet Miner and Lennonville Leader, Sat 28 Feb 1920
September 2021 family erected plaque at his grave site Youanmi, WA.
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA - Photo Paul Doust
Plaque Youanmi Cemetery - outbackgraves.org
Grave at Youanmi Cemetery - Photo outbackgraves.org
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Youanmi GM, Youanmi, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
While cleaning under the cracker conveyor belt, Bantow was caught by a bucket and dragged under the pulley.
Place Of Burial
Youanmi Cemetery, Western Australia
Submitted by
David McMillan - Volunteer
MSW
Married
District
Youanmi
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
Julius Bernard Carl BANTOW (1831-1910)
Mother
Jane HARDY (1849-1911)
Place of marriage
1st - 1887 Victoria - 2nd 1894 Victoria - 3rd 1897 Victoria
Other Information
Information provided by Bernadette Drummond, Thomas's Great Granddaughter:
Thomas was born Sebastopol Victoria and moved to WA in 1896. He worked in the railways and as a sandalwood cutter before working as a miner. He married twice and both wives died very young. He had nine children with several of them dying at a young age. He lived in Northam, Nannatharra (between Yalgoo and Mt Magnet), Yalgoo, Mullewa, Geraldton, and Youanmi.
