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Richard COLGAN
Age at Death47
Date Of Death16 March 1918 : Reg 20/1918 Boulder
Place Of BirthAraluen, New South Wales
OccupationPass Repairer
Spouse's NameMary Ellen FLYNN
ChildrenJames b 1898 - Harold b 1900 - Thelma Marie b 1901 - Byron Healy b 1903 - Yolande Frances b 1907 - Yolande Agnes b 1908 - Richard Robert Emmet b1914.
Kalgoorlie Miner, Monday 18 March 1918
Kalgoorlie Miner, Mon 18 Mar 1918
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum, Kalgoorlie WA
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum, Kalgoorlie WA - Photo Paul Doust
Mary Ellen Colgan nee Flynn - wife
Boulder Cemetery, Boulder, Western Australia - Photo Find a Grave
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Great Boulder GM, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
Died at Nurse Egan's Hospital from injuries he received owing to a quantity of ore, which had become stuck in a pass, coming away and striking him on the head.
Place Of Burial
Boulder Cemetery, Boulder, Western Australia
Submitted by
David McMillan - Volunteer
MSW
Married
District
Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
James COLGAN
Mother
Johanna BYRON
Place of marriage
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. 1897.
Other Information
There is a street named after him in Somerville, Kalgoorlie - Colgan Street.
