Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA
John Thomas “James” MAGOR
Age at Death41
Date Of Death17 November 1917 Reg 195/1917 East Coolgardie (Kalgoorlie). Accident occurred on the 13 November 1917. Died in hospital.
Place Of BirthClaredon, South Australia,
OccupationShoveller
Great Boulder Accident, Kalgoorlie Miner, 19 November 1917.
Funeral Notices, Kalgoorlie Miner, 19 Nov 1917.
Coroners Inquest, Kalgoorlie Miner, 23 November 1917
Kalgoorlie Cemetery
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA - Photo Paul Doust
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Great Boulder GM, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
Died four days after being injured by a rock fall (on the 13th November).
Place Of Burial
Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia
Submitted by
David McMillan & Eric Chamberlain - volunteers
MSW
Single
District
Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
John MAGOR Jnr : When John jnr Magor was born on 27 September 1841, his father, John, was 29 and his mother, Sarah, was 28. He married Jemima Osborne on 1 July 1863 in Yankalilla, South Australia. They had ten children in 15 years. He died on 3 September 1883 in Kangarilla, South Australia, at the age of 41.
Mother
Jemima Jane OSBORNE - was born in March 1846, her father, Thomas, was 34, and her mother, Elizabeth, was 29. She married John jnr Magor on 1 July 1863 in Yankalilla, South Australia. They had ten children in 15 years. She died on 2 February 1912 in Adelaide, South Australia, at the age of 65. Ancestry.com
Other Information
George DICKSON was also killed (on the day of the accident). Magor had three brothers and six sisters.
