Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA
Ljubo MARKOTICH
Age at Death34
Date Of Death19 March 1940 : Reg 10/1940 Boulder
Place Of BirthVrgorac, Split-Dalmatia, Croatia
OccupationMachine Miner
Spouse's NameWinifred (Vinka) JERICEVIC
The West Australian, Tue 26 Mar 1940
Kalgoorlie Miner, Tuesday 23 April 1940
Kalgoorlie Miner, 20 March 1940
Kalgoorlie Miner, Thursday 21 March 1940, page 4
Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia - Photo Danelle Warnock
Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia - Photo Danelle Warnock
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA - Photo Paul Doust
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Lake View & Star GM, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
Frederick MAGUIRE and Ljubo MARKOTICH were killed almost instantly when they were crushed by a falling slab of rock, weighing about two tons.
Place Of Burial
Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia
Submitted by
David McMillan - Volunteer
MSW
Married
District
Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
Miroslav 'Mirko' MARKOTICH
Mother
Andrijana Luciana RADICH
Place of marriage
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia 1934
Other Information
Shift Boss and Miner Die Under Fall of Ground.
EVIDENCE AT INQUEST
That Frederick Maguire (45), married, shift boss, of 45A Dwyer street, Boulder, lost his life in an effort to save that of his companion, Ljubo Markotic. When the bodies were extricated from beneath the rock, Maguire's left hand strongly held Markotich right wrist, suggesting, witnesses said, that Maguire had noticed the rock falling, and had delayed his own escape in an effort to drag his companion clear.
