Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA
Andrew James “Tony” STRAW
Age at Death38
Date Of Death4 December 1959 : Reg 237/1959 East Coolgardie (Kalgoorlie)
Place Of BirthCollie, Western Australia
OccupationPlatman
Spouse's NamePhyllis Ruby Gray
ChildrenFather of Joan, Gail, Ron and Tony
Extract from the Dept of Minerals and Petroleum Annual Report for 1959
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
Great Boulder GM, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
Fell 130ft down a shaft.
Place Of Burial
Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia
Submitted by
David McMillan - Volunteer
MSW
Married
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
Andrew James Straw
Mother
Mary Susanna Brown
Place of marriage
Kalgoorlie Wesley Methodist Church, 14 July 1948
Other Information
There is a street named after him in Somerville, Kalgoorlie - Straw Street
