Daily News, Saturday 14 December 1940, page 15
Thomas Francis ZAPPA
Age at Death50
Date Of Death26 November 1940 : Reg 2219/1940 Perth
OccupationMiner
Spouse's NameEmilia Margaret DELLA VEDOVA
ChildrenErsila Adeline b 1915, Vivienne Edna b 1925, Joseph Francie and 1 other
Memorial Coal Arch, Collie.
Panel on the Collie Memorial
Mural at Miners Memorial Collie WA
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Cooperative Colliery, Collie, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
Struck by a 56lb block of coal in the small of his back. Died from internal injuries.
Place Of Burial
Collie Cemetery, Western Australia
Submitted by
Admin
MSW
Married
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
Peter ZAPPA
Mother
Bertina ZAPPA
Place of marriage
Collie, Western Australia. 1915
Other Information
Lived in Hughes Street, Collie.
Collie Cemetery: ZAPPA, Thomas Francis. 26 Nov 1940. Aged 50 years. Husband of Emilia, father of Ersila, Vivien, Tom and Joe. Roman Catholic C/72.
