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Joseph Josiah RATCLIFFE

Age at Death48

Date Of Death5 December 1911 : Reg 62/1911 Mt Margaret (accident occured on 2nd Dec)

Place Of BirthWalhalla, Victoria

OccupationMiner

Spouse's NameJulia Frances McCARTHY (Dec)

ChildrenJames Patrick born 1889 (dcsd), "Michael Daniel born 1901 (Twin) - Ellen Catherine born 1901 (Twin) - Mary Veronica born 1893 - Agnes Theresa born 1895

  • Kalgoorlie Miner, Wed 6 Dec 1911

  • Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie

  • The Ratcliffe children - Photo ancestry.com.au

  • Leonora Cemetery, Leonora - Photo Find a Grave

  • Leonora Cemetery - Photo Find a Grave

Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Sons of Gwalia GM, Leonora, Western Australia

Diagnosis or cause of accident
Fall down winze: death through injury received on the 2nd December by falling down a stope at the Sons of Gwalia GM and that it was purely accidental. Verdict of the Coroner.

Place Of Burial
Leonora Cemetery, Western Australia

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Married

Cause of Death
Mine Accidents

Father
James Patrick RATCLIFFE

Mother
Mary McGARRIGLE

Place of marriage
4 June 1888 - Walhalla, Victoria

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