Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Sons of Gwalia GM, Leonora, Western Australia

Place Of Burial
Leonora Cemetery, Western Australia

Submitted by
David McMillan - Volunteer

Cause of Death
Mine Lung

Other Information
His brother George BOWDEN died of Phthisis in Leonora in 1929. His son William Leslie BOWDEN died in a mining accident at Leonora in 1929. BOWDEN William, d 20 Jun 1918, Leonora Hospital, Occ:- Miner, 38yrs, Cause:- Pneumonia, Father:- Charles BOWDEN (Miner), Mother Charity HARBISHER, born Lambton NSW, In NSW 19yrs, In WA 19yrs, Married to Mary Helen HARVEY in Gwalia WA at 23yrs of age, Children:- Isabella 13yrs, William Leslie 11yrs, Mary Alice 9yrs, Harry 8 yrs, Louisa 6yrs, Tom Edward Grey 3yrs, buried Leonora Cemetery. [outbackfamilyhistory.com.au] To see how Mary and her six children survived, read "Widow's Struggles" page 329 in Layman, L. and Fitzgerald, C. (eds) (2012) "110 in the Waterbag. A History of Life, Work and Leisure in Leonora, Gwalia and the Northern Goldfields". Western Australian Museum. BOWDEN Mary Helen — 47yrs, d 21 Jun 1929, at Lot 536 Station Street, Gwalia, Occ: Widow, Cause: Chronic Myocarditis, Heart Failure, Father: Tom HARVEY (Blacksmith), Mother: Isabella Jane SMITH, Born: Newcastle NSW, In NSW 16yrs, In WA 31yrs, Married to William BOWDEN in Gwalia WA at age 22yrs, Children: Isabella 24yrs, Mary Alice 21yrs, Harry 19yrs, Louisa 17yrs, Tom Edward Grey 15yrs, Reg 8/1929 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery. [outbackfamilyhistory.com.au]