Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia - Photo by Danelle Warnock
James Caldwell HARPER
Age at Death35
Date Of Death25 May 1904 : Reg 157/1904
Place Of BirthNerring, Victoria
OccupationMiner
Spouse's NameBeatrice Augusta WOOD
ChildrenSydney James born 1888 - Olive Augusta born 1889 - Beatrice Minnie born 1882 - Walter born 1892 - Ethe, Mary Agnes born 1893 - Myrtle Ruby born 1895 - Ernest Albert born 1898 - Neta Mildred Vera born 1901.
Kalgoorlie Miner, Friday 26 May 1944, page 4
Kalgoorlie Miner, Thursday 26 May 1904, page 4
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
Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia - Photo Danelle Warnock
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Great Boulder GM, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
Died in the “Great Boulder Disaster” along with four other men; Samuel Jones, Thomas Norley, Thomas Bates and John Riseberry.
Place Of Burial
Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia
Submitted by
Eric Chamberlain - Volunteer
MSW
Married
District
Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
James HARPER
Mother
Isabella McCULLOCH
Place of marriage
20 September 1887 in Maitland, South Australia.
Other Information
Those killed were Thomas BATES, Samuel JONES, Thomas NORLEY, James HARPER, and John RISEBERRY.
Eighteen months later, Harper's brother-in-law, Charles HASS, was killed in blasting operations.
Read about the Great Boulder Disaster here: The Great Boulder Disaster
