Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA
Giacomo RONCHI
Age at Death52
Date Of Death24 March 1937 - Reg 10/1937 Yilgarn
Place Of BirthBianzone, Sondrio, Lombardia, Italy
OccupationMiner
Spouse's NameAngela Lucia MORONI
ChildrenErsilia born 1907 - Giuseppe Batista born 1908 - Angelo Bernardo born 1910 - Giacomo Felice born 1913 (all children born in taly)
Accident Article
27 Mar 1937 P3
Southern Cross News 23 Apr 1937 pg 1
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum, Kalgoorlie WA - Photo Paul Doust
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Ganymedes GM, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
Injuries sustained in a fall down a shaft.
Place Of Burial
Southern Cross Cemetery, Western Australia.
Submitted by
Shari-Lei McLean - Volunteer
MSW
Married
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
Tiacoma RONCHI
Place of marriage
10 June 1906 Teglio, Sondrio, Lombardia, ItalY
Other Information
Arrived in Australia - 8 January 1924, Fremantle, Western Australia, on board the "Osterly". His sons took over the mine after his death.
With the advent of WW2 the Ronchi boys enlisted in 1942. Felice (Phil) was sent home with asthma, Angelo ended up a Sapper in Bougainville and Battiste (Bob) saw action at Kokoda with the 39th. I understand water ingress took over the mine while the brothers were away in the forces and it was abandoned.
