Brett Hansson with his daughter Kelly - Hansson family photo
Brett Ronald HANSSON
Age at Death27
Date Of Death13 June 1989 : Reg 19/1989 Mt Margaret
Place Of BirthKalgoorlie, WA
OccupationMiner
Spouse's NameJulie
ChildrenKelly
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA
Brett Ronald Hansson memorial, Queenstown, Tasmania - Photo Find a Grave
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA - Photo Paul Doust
Memorial.
An article in the Kalgoorlie Miner newspaper in the aftermath of the 1989 Emu mine disaster. (Supplied: Kalgoorlie Miner)
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Emu GM AG Decline, Leinster, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
Heavy rain caused the mine to flood, drowning six men: Brett Ronald HANSSON age 27, Terreance Michael MARTIN age 28, Kerry William PETERS age 35, Timothy Henry PROCTOR age 30, Darryl Lyall SANDFORD age 27, and Darrin WILLIAMS age 23.
Place Of Burial
Queenstown, Tasmania
Submitted by
Karen Gartland
MSW
Married
District
Agnew / Lawlers
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
Ronald Herman HANSSON (1931-2002)
Mother
Patricia Kathleen Philips POBJOY (1941-2012)
Other Information
Story: https://www.wavmm.com/2018/06/13/remember-the-emu/
Personal Story - https://www.wavmm.com/2017/03/23/brett-r-hanssen-miner-profile/
