Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA
Ernest Keith Albert OXLEY
Age at Death39
Date Of Death6 February 1950 : Reg Boulder 2/1950
Place Of BirthSculcoates, Yorkshire East Riding, England
OccupationMiner
Spouse's NameBeatrice Gwendoline MUDDLE - in New South Wales in 1946 when he was 36 years old, When Beatrice Gwendoline Muddle was born in 1910 in Stroud, New South Wales, her father, Isaac, was 30, and her mother, Verlie, was 22. She married Ernest Albert Oxley in 1946 in New South Wales. She had one brother and two sisters. Ancestry.com
West Australian, Tuesday 7 February 1950, page 10
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA - Photo Paul Doust
Boulder Cemetery, Boulder, Western Australia - Photo: Find a Grave
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Great Boulder GM, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
MINER'S DEATH -Fall Of Earth In Shaft KALGOORLIE, Feb. 17
A finding of accidental death was returned by a jury of three at an inquest before the Acting-Coroner, Mr. J. A. Gillespie, J.P., in the Boulder Courthouse today into the death of Ernest Albert Oxley (39), married, miner of Clancy-street, Boulder who was killed by a heavy fall of earth in the main shaft of the Great Boulder mine on the after-noon of February 6. The jury found that no blame was attachable to any person. Two doctors were among the eight witnesses who gave evidence at the inquest. Sgt. D. Morris assisted the acting-coroner and Mr. T. A. Hartrey represented the Great Boulder mine.
Place Of Burial
Boulder Cemetery, Western Australia
Submitted by
Eric Chamberlain - Volunteer
District
Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
Edward OXLEY - passed away in June 1948 in Hull, Yorkshire, at the age of 73.
Mother
Maud KING
Place of marriage
1946 Petersham NSW
Other Information
OXLEY.— The friends of the late Ernest Albert Oxley, late of 70 Clancy street, Boulder, dearly beloved husband of Gwen, loving son and brother of Mr. and Mrs.Oxley and family (England) and loved son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs.J. Muddell (Sydney), are respectfully informed that his remains will be interred in the Anglican portion of the. Boulder Cemetery. The cortege will move from I. W. Goss and Co.'s Private Chapel, Piesse street, Boulder, at 4 o'clock THIS (Tuesday)AFTERNOON.— A. and J. Kyle,Funeral Directors, Cassidy street ,Kalgoorlie, Boulder
OXLEY. — Mines and City Workers' Club. — Members of the above Club are .respectfully requested to attend the funeral of their late member, Ernest Albert (Ted) Oxley, which will leave I. W.Goss and Co.'s Private Chapel,Piesse street Boulder, at 4 o'clock THIS (Tuesday) AFTERNOON.— N. J. Nye, President.
WAR SERVICE:
Name: Ernest Albert Oxley
Birth Date: 18 May 1910
Birth Place: Hull England
Year Range: 1939 - 1948
Enlistment Place: Perth
Service Number: 46719
Next of Kin: Edward Oxley
Series Description: A9301: RAAF, NCOs and Other Ranks
• Military
Ernest Albert OXLEY served in the military in 1942 in Tocumwal, New South Wales, when he was 32 years old. RAAF, LBet. 1942–1946 • A 46719, Care & Maintenance Unit, Tocumwal, NSW.
INQUEST:
The adjourned inquest into the death of Ernest Keith Albert Oxley (39) .married, miner, of 70 Clancy street, Boulder, who was killed by a fall of earth in the main shaft of the Great Boulder Mine on February 6, will be resumed in the Boulder courthouse to-morrow (Friday) at 1 p.m.
Census 1911
Name: Ernest Albert Oxley
Age in 1911: 10/12
Estimated birth year: abt 1910
Relation to Head: Son
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Hull, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish: Sculcoates
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County/Island: Yorkshire-East Riding
Country: England
Street address: 9 Villa Terrace Grange St Hull
Marital Status: Single
Registration district: Sculcoates
Registration District Number: 521
Sub-registration district: East Sculcoates
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Piece: 28693
Household Members: Name Age
Edward Oxley 35
Maud Oxley 32
Lilian Maud Oxley 9
William Edward Oxley 7
Frederick Charles Oxley 6
Ernest Albert Oxley 10/12
