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Kenneth McLAREN
Age at Death24
Date Of Death6 December 1933 : Reg 9/1933 Dundas
Place Of BirthFremantle, Western Australia
OccupationMiner
Daily News, Wednesday 6 December 1933
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie
Awarded posthumously by the Royal Humane Society of Australasia, 1935.
The West Australian, Thu 7 Dec 1933
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Phoenix GM, Norseman, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
Two young men lost their lives and three other miners were affected by inhaling fracteur fumes in a shaft which was being sunk on the Phoenix Mine at Norseman. The dead are: KENNETH McLAREN (24) and ALBERT CALE (26). McLaren gave up his life trying to rescue Cale who was first affected.
Place Of Burial
Norseman Cemetery, Norseman.
Submitted by
David McMillan - Volunteer
MSW
Single
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
Frederick James McLAREN
Mother
Kate DIPROSE
Other Information
McLaren received a posthumous award for bravery from the Royal Humane Society of Australasia for his attempt to save Cale.
