Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA
Robert Albert ASHWORTH
Age at Death31
Date Of Death24 February 1904 : Reg 272/1904
Place Of BirthSandhurst, Victoria
OccupationMine Owner
Spouse's NameIdi Jean WIGHTMAN born 1884
ChildrenRobert Alfred Ashworth Bourne born Bardoc 1904
Bardoc Cemetery WA - Photo Danelle Warnock
Kalgoorlie Miner, Fri 26 Feb 1904
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA - Photo Paul Doust
Plaque Bardoc Cemetery - outbackgraves.org
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Bardoc GM, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
Inhalation of dynamite fumes.
Place Of Burial
Bardoc Cemetery, Western Australia
Submitted by
David McMillan - Volunteer
MSW
Married
District
Bardoc
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
John ASHWORTH (1836-1887)
Mother
Ellen WHIPP born 1885
Place of marriage
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia 1 Jan 1903
Other Information
His brother, Acton Stephenson Whipp ASHWORTH, was killed 12 months later. ASHWORTH Robert Albert:- died 24 Feb 1904 in Cross Street, Bardoc, Age 31yrs, Cause of Death ‘Inhalation of Dynamite Fumes’ Inquest held. Father:- John ASHWORTH (Plumber and Iron Moulder) Mother:- Helen WHIPP, He was married to Ida Jean Wightman at aged 30yrs in Kalgoorlie, one child, Robert Alfred Weightman ASHWORTH, aged 8 days. Death registered by his brother, Acton Ashworth. Buried on the 25th Feb 1904 at Bardoc Cemetery. BA death cert 4/1904. Mr Ashworth was married about ten months before his death and just a week prior to his death, his wife gave birth to a son.
