Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA
Roy BAKER
Age at Death29
Date Of Death6 October 1925 Reg:- Boulder 55/1925
OccupationShoveller
West Australian, Thursday 8 October 1925, page 17
Inquest page 1:- Western Argus, Tuesday 20 October 1925, page 18
Inquest pg 2:- Western Argus, Tuesday 20 October 1925, page 18
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum, Kalgoorlie WA - Photo Paul Doust
Truth, Saturday 6 March 1915, page 5
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Ivanhoe GM, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
Fall of earth at the 800 ft level.
Place Of Burial
Boulder Cemetery, Western Australia
Submitted by
Eric Chamberlain - Volunteer
MSW
Single
District
Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
John Thomas DONOHUE : John Thomas Donohue was born in 1884 in Terrick Terrick, Victoria, his father, James, was 34 and his mother, Sarah, was 32. He married Catherine Baker in 1908 in Moora, Western Australia. He died on 25 February 1917 in Flers, Somme, France, at the age of 33, and was buried there.
Mother
Katie BAKER : Katie Baker was born in Victoria, the daughter of Joseph. She married John Thomas Donohue in 1908 in Moora, Western Australia
Other Information
Family Notice:-
BAKER.-On October 6, 1925, killed at the Ivanhoe Mine, Kalgoorlie, Corporal Roy Baker, late 16th Battalion, the dearly loved friend of Mrs. Buckingham and family, 6 Lacey-street, East Perth. At rest.
BAKER.— The friends of the late Roy Baker, late of Ivanhoe G;M. are respectfully informed that his Remains will be removed from I.W, Goss and Co/S Undertaking Establishment at 11 o'clock this day, Thursday, for interment in the Roman Catholic portion of the Boulder Cemetery.— I. W. .Goss & Co., Undertakers
War Service:- Name: Roy Baker
Age: 20 (Put age up?)
Birth Year: abt 1894
Birth Place: Perth, Western Australia
Dossier Year Range: 1914-1920
Enlistment Place: Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
Service Number: 458
Mother: Katie Baker
