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Hugh McLeod McGREGOR

Age at Death32

Date Of Death24 April 1912 : Reg 14/1912 Mt Margaret

Place Of BirthWaikaka, Gore, Southland, Otago, New Zealand

OccupationMiner

  • Kalgoorlie Miner, 7 May 1912

  • A Young Man's Death, Sunday Times, 5 May 1912

  • Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum, Kalgoorlie WA

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

  • Burtville Cemetery - Plaque outbackgraves.org

Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Edith Hope GM, Mt Weld, Burtville, Western Australia

Diagnosis or cause of accident
Apparently fell into shaft during the night.

Place Of Burial
Burtville Cemetery, Western Australia

Submitted by
David McMillan - Volunteer

MSW
Single

District
Burtville

Cause of Death
Mine Accidents

Father
Hector McGREGOR (1847-1943)

Mother
Jessie 'Janet' McLEOD (1850-1912)

Other Information
McGregor, Hugh McLeod. "More Lonely Graves of Western Australia". (2000). Coate, Yvonne & Kevin. Hesperian Press. Page 242.

MCGREGOR Hugh McLeod, 32yrs, at Mt Weld near Laverton, Occ Miner, Cause: He went missing on 24 Apr 1912 and a search by the local Police found that he had fallen down a mine shaft at the Golden Orbit Gold Mine shaft near his camp at Mt Weld, Burtville, Father: Hector McLeod MCGREGOR, Mother: Jessie MCLEOD, Born: Waikaki, New Zealand on 27 Dec 1879. Siblings were Angus, Annie, Jessie and Mary Ann McGregor, b 27 Apr 1912, Reg 14/1912 Mt Margaret, Buried Burtville Cemetery.
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