Boulder Cemetery, Western Australia - Photo Danelle Warnock
Thomas William BENNETT
Age at Death44
Date Of Death16 August 1933 : Reg 31/1933 Boulder
Place Of BirthWagga Wagga, NSW
OccupationMiner
Spouse's NameAlice May SLY - re married to Herbert DON in 1935 in Boulder, WA. She is buried in the Kalgoorlie Cemetery
ChildrenOlivier born 1917 and William Thomas 'Billy' born 1920
Mining explosion. Three men killed.
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA - Photo Paul Doust
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA
Boulder Cemetery, Western Australia - Photo Danelle Warnock
Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), Thursday 19 October 1933, page 2
Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 - 1954), Wednesday 23 August 1933, page 4
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Great Boulder GM, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
David GREEP, Thomas BENNETT and Stanley SOMERVILLE were killed in a premature explosion.
Place Of Burial
Boulder Cemetery, Western Australia
Submitted by
David McMillan - Volunteer
MSW
Married
District
Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
John Charles BENNETT
Mother
Elizabeth Ann BENNETT
Place of marriage
1911 Perth WA
Other Information
He was a WW1 veteran of 20th Reinforcements 10th Light Horse.
