West Australian, Tuesday 6 January 1953
Herbert Augustus COLES
Age at Deathc48
Date Of Death5 January 1953 : Reg 3/1953 Northampton
OccupationMine Owner
Spouse's NameIris Lorna Ella HUGHES
The West Australian, Mon 12 Jan 1953
West Australian, Monday 12 January 1953
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Baddera Lead Mine, Northhampton, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
The two men were timbering in an empty shrink stope when a fall of ground buried them. Herbert Augustus COLES died from multiple head injuries and George Hugo Strickland BASTON was asphyxiated. The bodies were recovered after six days of continual work.
- From the DMP Annual Report for 1953
Place Of Burial
Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth, Western Australia
Submitted by
Moya Sharp
MSW
Married
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
York George COLES
Mother
Margaret LINNERTSON
Place of marriage
East Murchison WA 1933
