Ararimu, Auckland, New Zealand (Memorialised)
John DUNN
Age at Death28
Date Of Death12 March 1896 : Reg 364/1896
Place Of BirthNew Zealand
OccupationMiner
Kalgoorlie Miner, Fri 13 Mar 1896
Kalgoorlie Miner, Thursday 12 March 1896
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum, Kalgoorlie WA
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum, Kalgoorlie WA - Photo Paul Doust
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Duke of Wesminster GM, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
A terrific storm burst over Kanowna. Dunn was descending the Duke of Westminster shaft, White Feather, to escape the storm, fell 67ft. and received injuries from which he died. A fellow miner who was working with deceased stated that as he was coming up the shaft he saw Dunn slip off the bottom rung of the ladder and fall head first down the shaft.
Place Of Burial
Kanowna Cemetery, Western Australia
Submitted by
David McMillan - Volunteer
MSW
Single
District
Kanowna
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
John DUNN (1835-1902)
Mother
Mary HEELLAN (1840-1929)
