Ora Banda

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Additional information relating to Ora Banda

Ora Banda Cemetery Board Trustees:

As at 20 June 1918
Herbert BATHURST
William REYNOLDS
Samuel SCOTSON

As at 4 June 1920:
Harry LOW
James GILLIBAND
Fred BATHURST

As at 9 March 1923:
Frederick BATHURST - Res 4 August 1925
Chas D BOWDEN
Francis E CASSIN
James SMITH - elect 6 Sept 1925

Other mine fatalities

Ora Banda District:

TURNER, Harry. 3 March 1912. Miner aged 44 years. PA 1424 Ora Banda.
RYDER, John Francis. 15 August 1927 aged 19 years. Miner. Victorious Mine.
DONATTI, Natal. 6 Ma 1936 aged 23 years. Miner. Good Hope Gold Mine.
DUNCAN, William. 23 October 1004. Aged 57 years. Prospector. Majestic Leases.
TABAKA, Michael. 25 November 1993. Haulage Truck Driver. Ora Banda Gold Mine.
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in ’Ora Banda Amalgamated Mines’

TOP, Lawrence. 15 May 1942 aged 38 years. Miner. Buried in earth fall.
MARSHELL, William. 23 January 1946 aged 64 years. Miner. Walked into a sand blast.
MCKENZIE, James. 24 January 1946 aged 62 years. Miner. Walked into a sand blast.

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† AHERN , Joan. Stillborn July 1914.

† BAILEY , William Murray. 8 September 1919 aged 45 years. Son of John and Anna

DONATTI , Natal. 6 Ma 1936 aged 23 years. Miner. Good Hope Gold Mine.
† DUFALL , George Charles. Husband of Fanny, son of Elizabeth Dufall. 12 September 1919 aged 31 years.
DUNCAN , William. 23 October 1004. Aged 57 years. Prospector. Majestic Leases.

† GARDENER , Harry. Stillborn 22 April 1916.
† GLEESON , Agnes. 8 October 1915. aged 2 days 11 hours.
† GLEESON , Leo Harry. 11 January 1916 aged 5 days.

† HURLEY , Female Infant. Stillborn 31 August 1919.
† HURLEY , Phyllis Irene. 1 January 1918 aged 8 weeks.

MARSHELL , William. 23 January 1946 aged 64 years. Miner. Walked into a sand blast.
MC KENZIE , James. 24 January 1946 aged 62 years. Miner. Walked into a sand blast.
† MURPHY , William John. 21 May 1917 aged 44 years.

† RICHARDS , Elizabeth Dunson. 25 May 1913 aged 38 years.
RYDER , John Francis. 15 August 1927 aged 19 years. Miner. Victorious Mine.

† SMITH , Alfred Edward. 11 July 1925 aged 61 years.
† SMITH , John Archibold. 16 January 1914 aged 35 years.

TABAKA , Michael. 25 November 1993. Haulage Truck Driver. Ora Banda Gold Mine.
TOP , Lawrence. 15 May 1942 aged 38 years. Miner. Buried in earth fall.
† TRIPP , Benjamin. 5 February 1922 aged 59 years.
TURNER , Harry. 3 March 1912. Miner aged 44 years. PA 1424 Ora Banda.

† WALLIS , Arthur Clarence. 2 August 1916 aged 7 weeks.
† WALLS , Thomas Wallace. 25 May 1919 aged 72 years.
† WARES , William. 2 May 1919 aged 58 years.
† WARHAM , Michael. 14 December 1922 aged 65 years.
† WEISE , (Wilhelm). 31 July 1915 aged 65 years.
† WILLOCKS , William. 6 March 1914 aged 56 years.