Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA
“Ernest” Ernst August Adolf BACKHAUS
Age at Death65
Date Of Death23 January 1920 : Reg Coolgardie 3/1920
Place Of BirthWarza, Gotha, Thüringen, Germany
OccupationMiner
Spouse's NameBertha Caroline Ortlepp
ChildrenTen children
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA - Photo Paul Doust
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
London GM, Kunanalling, near Coolgardie, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
Kunanalling - Fall of Ground.
At the London Gold Mine, Coolgardie Goldfield, a man was killed while working in an open cut through a piece of stone weighing about 15 tons falling on him. The open cut was about nine feet deep. A verdict of accidental death was given by the Coroner's jury.
- Mines Department report 1920
Place Of Burial
Coolgardie Cemetery, Western Australia
Submitted by
Eric Chamberlain - Volunteer
MSW
Married
District
Kunanalling
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
Johann Andreas Backhaus
Mother
Johanna Friederike Henrietta nee Weidner
Place of marriage
10 November 1878 • Catterfeld, Gotha, Thüringen, Germany
Other Information
aka BACKHOUS.
FUNERAL NOTICES
BACKHOUSE.— The friends of the late August Backhouse are. respectfully notified that his remains will be removed from the Coolgardie Government Hospital this day (Monday), at 11 a.m., for interment in the Anglican portion of the Coolgardie Cemetery.— W.Strother, Undertaker
NAME: Ernst August Backhaus
ESTIMATED BIRTH YEAR: 1870
AGE: 28
BIRTH PLACE: Goldbach, Germany
DATE ARRIVED: 1891
NATURALIZATION DATE: 22/02/1898
