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John Edward HITCHCOCK

Age at Death37

Date Of Death3 May 1955 : Reg 9/1955 Boulder

Place Of BirthWestern Australia

OccupationMiner

Children4 boys 2 girls

  • Dept of Mines Annual Report 1955

  • Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth, Western Australia - Find a Grave

  • Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth, Western Australia - Find a Grave

  • Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum, Kalgoorlie WA - Photo Paul Doust

Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Main shaft, Great Boulder GM, Western Australia

Diagnosis or cause of accident
Received head and chest injuries in the 900ft level when broken ore on which he was standing shrank and buried him. His body was recovered 16 days later.

Place Of Burial
Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth, Western Australia

Submitted by
David McMillan - Volunteer

MSW
Married

District
Kalgoorlie-Boulder

Cause of Death
Mine Accidents

Father
John Thomas HITCHCOCK

Mother
Sarah Norah Minnie CARTER

Place of marriage
Blythswood, Scotland

Other Information
There is a street named after him in Somerville, Kalgoorlie - Hitchcock Street.

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