Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia - Photo by Danelle Warnock
Thomas BATES
Age at Death35
Date Of Death25 May 1904 : Reg 166/1904
OccupationMiner
Spouse's NameAnnie WALLEY
ChildrenAnnie Cory born 1893 (died less than 1 yr) - Alice May born 1894 - Elsie Rose born 1896 - Thomas born 1899
Daily News, Wednesday 25 May 1904
Kalgoorlie Western Argus, Tue 5 Jun 1906
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA - Photo Paul Doust
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA
Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia - Photo Danelle Warnock
Thomas Bates - Ancestry.com
Kalgoorlie Cemetery - Photo Danelle Warnock
Kalgoorlie Western Argus 21 June 1904, page 25 - Grave on the day of the funeral at Kalgoorlie Cemetery.
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Great Boulder GM, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
The winding mechanism lost grip and the cage precipitated to the bottom of the shaft, killing four men instantaneously and another expiring shortly later.
Place Of Burial
Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia
Submitted by
David McMillan - Volunteer
MSW
Married
District
Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
John Bates
Mother
Margaret HOWARD
Place of marriage
14 Sep 1893 - Broken Hill NSW
Other Information
There is a street named after him in Somerville Kalgoorlie - Bates Drive.
Those killed were Thomas BATES, Samuel JONES, Thomas NORLEY, James HARPER, and John RISEBERRY.
Read about the Great Boulder Disaster here: The Great Boulder Disaster
