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Arthur Leonard MILLS

Age at Death20

Date Of Death1 February 1947 : Reg 26/1947 East Coolgardie (Kalgoorlie)

Place Of BirthFrome, South Australia

OccupationMiner

  • Mirror, Saturday 1 February 1947

  • 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
Mills died in Kalgoorlie District Hospital. He had suffered a depressed fracture of the skull while working at the 1100ft. level of the Hamilton shaft of the Great Boulder mine a week previously, when he was struck by a quantity of steel which fell down the man-way. He never regained consciousness.

Place Of Burial
Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia

Submitted by
David McMillan - Volunteer

MSW
Single

District
Kalgoorlie-Boulder

Cause of Death
Mine Accidents

Father
Hartley Lancelot "Lance' MILLS

Mother
Lavina Lydia Beatrice DONHARDT

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