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James Jacob COLLINS

Age at Death31

Date Of Death30 May 1924 RC : Reg 81/1924 East Coolgardie (Kalgoorlie)

Place Of BirthIreland

OccupationShoveller

  • West Australian, Saturday 31 May 1924

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

  • Kalgoorlie Miner, Saturday 31 May 1924, page 4

  • Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia - Photo Danelle Warnock

Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Golden Horseshoe GM, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia

Diagnosis or cause of accident
Collins was working underground when a fall of earth occurred. He was struck by a 3-ton piece of rock and sustained such injuries that he died shortly after at the St John of God Hospital.

Place Of Burial
Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia

Submitted by
David McMillan - Volunteer

MSW
Single

District
Kalgoorlie-Boulder

Cause of Death
Mine Accidents

Father
James COLLINS

Mother
? RYAN

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