IRWIN, William John. Photo: Andrea Lewis, Jill Heather, Aug 1997
William James IRWIN
Age at Death56
Date Of Death11 August 1916 : Reg 7/1916 East Murchison
Place Of BirthKilroy, Co Derry, Ireland
OccupationMiner
Leonora Miner, 19 August 1916
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
Aurora GM, Wiluna, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
Crushed by a fall of rock.
Place Of Burial
Mt Keith Cemetery, Wiluna - (first burial in this cemetery) west side of Agnew-Wiluna Road, about 85kms north of Leinster.
Submitted by
Admin. Updated by D.McMillan (volunteer)
MSW
Single
District
Mt Keith
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
Samuel IRWIN
Mother
Matilda WALKER
Other Information
17th Sept 1917 Kalgoorlie Miner:
IN MEMORIUM:- IRWIN — In loving memory of William James Irwin, accidentally killed on the Aurora Gold Mine, Mt. Keith, 11th August, 1916. Deeply regretted.
— Inserted by his brother and sister-in-law, Sam and Annie, nephew and nieces Scott, Jean and Ira,
Irwin, James. Lonely Graves of Western Australia" (2000) Coate, Yvonne & Kevin. Hesperian Press. Page 189.
