John Robert "Jack" Riseberry - Photo Ancestry.com
John Robert “Jack” RISEBERRY
Age at Death37
Date Of Death25 May 1904 : Reg 154/1904 (registered as Risebery)
Place Of BirthCorpustry, Norfolk, England
OccupationMiner
Spouse's NameMary Ann BURRIS
ChildrenJohn Osmond, Esther May, Harry Stanley, William Thomas, Victor James
Funeral notice
Kalgoorlie Cemetery - photo Danelle Warnock
Funeral Cortage
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum, Hannan St, Kalgoorlie WA
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum, Hannan St, Kalgoorlie WA - Photo Paul Doust
Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia - Photo Danelle Warnock
Kalgoorlie Western Argus 21 June 1904, page 25 - Grave on the day of the funeral at Kalgoorlie Cemetery.
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Great Boulder GM, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
Died in the “Great Boulder Disaster” along with four other men; Samuel Jones, Thomas Norley, Thomas Bates and James Harper.
Place Of Burial
Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia
Submitted by
Shar-Lei McLean - Volunteer
MSW
Married
District
Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
John RISEBERRY
Mother
Sarah Anne COMER
Place of marriage
2 December 1888, Maryborough, Queensland (Reg #001543)
Other Information
Read about the Great Boulder Disaster here: https://www.outbackfamilyhistoryblog.com/the-great-boulder-disaster/
BATES, JONES, NORLEY, RISEBERRY, and HARPER.—In loving remembrance of my old mates, T. Bates, S. Jones, T. Norley, J.Riseberry, and J. Harper, who were killed in the Great Boulder disaster, May 24, 1904—Inserted by their still sorrowing comrade, Mat Riedell, engine driver.
