George and Hilda Dawes - wedding photograph - Dawes family photograph
George DAWES
Age at Death56
Date Of Death19 May 1942 : Reg 77/1942 Wellington
Place Of BirthLambton, New South Wales
OccupationMiner
Spouse's NameHilda May LAING
ChildrenDorothy b 1926 - Valma Joyce b 1928
Collie Cemetery, Western Australia - Photo Find a grave
George Dawes Daily News, Tuesday 16 March 1943, page 6
George Dawes - Dawes family photograph
George Dawes with Dorothy, Valma and Leo the dog - Dawes family photograph
Wedding of George DAWES and Hilda May LAING - Dawes family photograph
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Proprietory Mine, Amalgamated Collieries, Collie, WA
Diagnosis or cause of accident
Cause of death heart attack brought on by lifting a full skip back onto the rails. George was a coal miner at the Proprietory Mine and died from a strained heart from trying to upright a fallen coal skip. He died in Collie Hospital.
Place Of Burial
Collie Cemetery, Western Australia
Submitted by
Renee Hankin - Gt Gt Grandaughter
MSW
Married
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
Charles DAWES
Mother
Christina PEARSON
Place of marriage
16 December 1925
Other Information
Brother of Richard Dawes, killed on the 27 January 1942, at the Proprietory Colliery, Collie.
