'A Day Off'. James Halbert centre - Photo from Pamela Bryant
James Lindsay HALBERT
Age at Death26
Date Of Death7 May 1937 : Reg 2/1937 Black Range
Place Of BirthPhillips River, Western Australia
OccupationMiner
Peter Pan GM, Meekatharra, J A Halbert photo from Pamela Bryant
Manganese Record, Peak Hill, Nullagine and Marble Bar Gazette, Friday 14 May 1937, page 2
Sunday Times, Sunday 9 May 1937, page 7
Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth Western Australia - photo Pamela Bryant
Inquest Result
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA - Photo Paul Doust
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Youanmi GM, near Cue, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
Killed by a fall of earth about an hour after firing.
Place Of Burial
Karakatta Cemetery, Perth Western Australia
Submitted by
Pamela Bryant
MSW
Single
District
Youanmi
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
Albert Michael or Miller Halbert was born on 12 September 1858 in Kingower, Victoria. He married Rose Ann Keogh in 1895. They had 11 children in 19 years. He died on 10 May 1930 in Western Australia at the age of 71, and was buried in Nedlands, Western Australia HALBERT. — On May 10, 1930, suddenly, at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Bryan, 10 Southport-street, Leederville, Albert Michael,dearly beloved husband of Rose Ann Halbert,loving father of Dulcie (Mrs. Bryan), Miller (Meekatharra), Gordon (Kalgoorlie), Ruby,Clara (Mrs. Catchpole), James (Redcliffe),William (Ardath), Arthur (Kundip); aged 71 yearsWhen James Lindsay Halbert was born in 1909 in Western Australia, his father, Albert, was 51 and his mother, Rose, was 35. He had four brothers and six sisters. He died on 5 May 1937 in Youanmi, Western Australia, at the age of 28, and was buried in Nedlands, Western Australia. Ancestry MCPHERSON / BLACK FAMILY TREEMcPherson / Black Family michellejblack2706
Mother
When Rose Ann Keogh was born on 1 May 1874 in South Australia, her father, James, was 31, and her mother, Martha, was 19. She married Albert Michael or Miller Halbert in 1895. They had 11 children in 19 years. She died on 18 July 1952 in Western Australia at the age of 78, and was buried in Nedlands, Western Australia.
Other Information
Siblings: Dulcie (Mrs. Bryan), Miller (Meekatharra), Gordon (Kalgoorlie), Ruby,Clara (Mrs. Catchpole), James (Redcliffe),William (Ardath), Arthur (Kundip). Youanmi is an abandoned town in the Murchison Region of Western Australia. The town was gazetted in 1910 but abandoned in 1942, after the local gold mine was closed.
