Charles and Bernice MATTHEWS - Photo Ancestry.com
Charles James “Snowy” MATTHEWS
Age at Death28
Date Of Death20 October 1937 - Reg 31/1937 East Coolgardie (Kalgoorlie)
Place Of BirthKurrawang, Western Australia
OccupationMachine Miner
Spouse's NameBernice 'Bernie' Elizabeth MITCHELL
ChildrenCharles Geoffrey 'Geoff' MATTHEWS born 1937
Death Certificate
West Australian, Thursday 21 October 1937, page 17
Western Argus, Tue 26 Oct 1937 Page 19
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
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Associated GM, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
Crushed by a slab of rock.
Place Of Burial
Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia
Submitted by
Shari-Lei McLean - Volunteer
MSW
Married
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
Charles William MATTHEWS
Mother
Margaret Ellen O'DONAHUE
Place of marriage
5 September 1936 - Boulder, Western Australia #55/1936
Other Information
There is a street named after him in Somerville, Kalgoorlie - Matthews Way.
