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Arthur Stanley McKAY
Age at Death29
Date Of Death24 August 1960 : Reg 163/1960 East Coolgardie
Place Of BirthKalgoorlie, Western Australia.
OccupationPass Runner
Spouse's NameBetty Irene COLLINS (1932-2013)
ChildrenDavid Arthur born 1954 + three others
Dept of Mines Annual Report 1960
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
Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia - Photo Danelle Warnock
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Horseshoe No2 shaft, Lake View & Star GM, Fimiston, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
Four men were ascending in a cage in which there was also Timberman's equipment. At about the 2000ft Level there was a bump and two men plus the equipment were dragged out from the cage. At the time of the accident, there was no gate fitted to the cage.
- DMP Annual Report 1960.
Place Of Burial
Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia
Submitted by
David McMillan - Volunteer
MSW
Married
District
Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
Robert Albert John MCKAY (1887-1972)
Mother
Mayble Grace CARTER (1899-1962)
Place of marriage
Boulder, Western Australia
Other Information
There is a street named after him in Somerville, Kalgoorlie - McKay Street.
Also killed - Patrick Joseph O'REILLY.
