Boulder Cemetery, Western Australia - Photo Danelle Warnock
Thomas “Tom” Robert SWAINSTON
Age at Death42
Date Of Death5 November 1917 : Reg 122/1917 Boulder
Place Of BirthSt Kilda, Victoria
OccupationTimberman
Spouse's NameHannah DOWLING (1874-1913)
ChildrenTom Clyde born 1897 - Olive Helena born 1900 - Herbert Frank born 1903
Grave
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA - photo Paul Doust
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Golden Horseshoe Gold Mine, Western Australia
Length Of Time Working In Mining Industry
17 Years
Diagnosis or cause of accident
On the day of his fatal injury, Robert Swainston was working with his mate at the 2600-foot level. A piece of rock came away and struck him. Mr Swainston was promptly taken to hospital, where he died about two hours later.
Place Of Burial
Boulder Cemetery, Boulder, Western Australia
Submitted by
Gail Keys (Volunteer researcher for WAVMM)
MSW
Widower
District
Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
Tom John Simpson SWAINSTON (1845-1910)
Mother
Charlotte CHEESEMAN (1856-1929)
Place of marriage
Alma, New South Wales. 1896.
Other Information
Mr Swainston was born in Melbourne and had been working on the goldfields for 17 years as a miner. In that time he he had become a very popular man due to his many years as a steward of the Miners Union, as well as in his personal dealings. Many of his former mates marched behind his hearse, and prominent in the procession was the Mine Car, carrying various officials of the Golden Horseshoe mine.
Mr Swainston's only son had enlisted and was serving in France, and one daughter resided in Boulder.
