Sydney George BAKER
Age at Death29
Date Of Death11 August 1954 : Reg 11/1954 Dundas
Place Of BirthNorseman, Western Australia
OccupationMiner/Shaft Sinker
Spouse's NameMargaret Potter NEAVE
ChildrenTwo children.
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Iron King GM, Norseman, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
Fell 250ft down the Iron King ore pass.
Place Of Burial
Norseman Cemetery, Western Australia
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Married
District
Norseman
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
Gilbert Windsor BAKER (1884-1963)
Mother
Ann 'Annie' KNOX (1892-1965)
Place of marriage
Norseman, Western Australia - 1950
Other Information
Sydney was born in Norseman in 1925 to Gilbert Windsor Baker and Anne Knox. In 1950 he was married to Margaret Potter Neave at the Norseman Methodist Church. They went on to have 2 children, Terry and Ronnie.
An article in "The West Australian" dated Thursday 12th August 1954, read
MAN DIES IN FALL DOWN MINE SHAFT
NORSEMAN, Wednesday - A mine shaft sinker, Sydney George Baker (about 30), of Roberts Road, Norseman, fell 250ft to his death in the main shaft of the Iron King pyrite mine, Norseman, at 3p.m. today.
Death is believe to have been almost instantaneous. Mr Baker was married and had two children. He was stripping the ore pass off the main shaft, when he slipped on staging near the 700ft level and fell to the loading station at the 900ft level. Except for the war years, when Mr Baker served in the Australian Army, he had lived in Norseman practically all his life. A member of a pioneer mining family, Mr Baker had been employed at this mine for about 12 months.