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Keith Hugh SEINOR

Age at Death38

Date Of Death22 June 1954 : Reg East Coolgardie 112/1954

Place Of BirthLeonora, Western Australia.

OccupationMechanical bogger

Spouse's NameMary Patricia PAGE

ChildrenMalcolm, Keith, Michele, Jennifer, Peter, John.

  • The West Australian, Wednesday 23 June 1954 p 1

  • Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA - Photo Paul Doust

  • Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia - Photo Danelle Warnock

  • Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia - Photo Danelle Warnock

Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Lake View & Star GM, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia

Diagnosis or cause of accident
Keith Hugh Seinor was a married bogger operator who lived at Somerville, a suburb of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. He was 38 years old. On 22 June 1954, he was working alone on the 1,900ft. level of the Ivanhoe shaft at the Lake View and Star mine when he was trapped in a fall of earth. Mr. Seinor was working a mechanical bogger alone on the level and it is believed that the accident occurred shortly after crib time (12 o’clock). Because he was working alone, the accident was not discovered until 3.15 o'clock that afternoon. Once he was brought to the surface, Dr. Sandover was able to attend to him. The mines ambulance then rushed him to the Kalgoorlie District Hospital, where he died about 5 p.m. He was buried at the Kalgoorlie-Boulder Cemetery.

Place Of Burial
Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia

Submitted by
Suzanne Williams

MSW
Married

Cause of Death
Mine Accidents

Father
Nelson Bede SEINOR

Mother
Matilda Anastatia PILKINGTON

Place of marriage
Perth, Western Australia. 1944.

Other Information
Keith Seinor was born on 20 May 1916 at Leonora, Western Australia, Australia. He married Mary Patricia White and they had six children. Mary remarried in 1955. Keith served in the 1939-1945 War (Service Number - WX6239) in Unit - 2/11th Australian Tank Attack Battery, Australian Military Forces. However, before the end of the war he was court-martialled on 30 August 1944. There is a street named after him in Somerville, Kalgoorlie - Seinor Street.

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