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LEGEND: b = Buried, d = Died, Occ = Occupation, Mt Margaret = Mount Margaret, Reg = Registration.
RC = Roman Catholic, ANG = Anglican or Church of England, METH = Methodist/Wesleyan,
PRES = Presbyterian,
WA = Western Australia, NSW = New South Wales, VIC = Victoria, QLD = Queensland, SA = South Australia. TAS = Tasmania, NT = Northern Territory.


Note: The person registering the death is only listed if it was someone other than the police or an undertaker.


Paul GIBBONS

GIBBONS Paul Joseph — 9 days, d 22 Jun 1940, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Congenital Meningitis, Exhaustion, Father: Joseph James GIBBONS (Miner), Jessie Mary SPINELLI, Reg Mt Margaret 20/1940, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GIBELLINI Peter — 87yrs, d 10 Apr 1947, at Leonora Hospital, Old Age Pensioner, Cause: Strangulated left hernia, Occ: Old Age Pensioner, father: Peter GIBELLINI, Born: Italy, In WA 53yrs, Married to Maria TARONI in Italy at age 22yrs, Children: Mira 55yrs, Marrata 54yrs, Sarafina 50yrs, Fulgida 48yrs, Jack 46yrs, Luigi 44yrs, Reg Mt Margaret 7/1947, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GIBSON James 70yrs, d 21 Apr 1928, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Pensioner, Cause: Ruptured spleen and shock, Reg 4/1928 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.


Esther GILBERT

GILBERT Esther Maria 34yrs, d 7 Jun 1917, at Sons of Gwalia GM, Leonora, Occ: Home Duties, Cause: Heart Disease, Father: James WILD (Mine Manager), Mother: Esther MILLS, Born Eaglehawk, VIC, In VIC 19yrs, In WA 15yrs, Married to Sydney John GILBERT in Perth WA at age 24yrs, Children: Betty Mills 6yrs, Douglas Sydney 1 ½ weeks, Deceased 1 male and 1 female, Reg 16/1917 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GILLA Norman — 73yrs, b 21 Dec 2013, Born: Meekatharra WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GILLIES Elizabeth Emma — 83yrs, d 26 Jul 1955, at Leonora Hospital, Pensioner, Cause: Congenital Cardiac Failure, Hypertension and Broncho Pneumonia, Senility, Father: William GREY (Saddler), Mother: Elizabeth Sarah Jane RICHARDSON, Widow, Born: Isle of Wight, England, Married to James GILLIES in Coolgardie WA on 4 Nov 1896, no children, Reg Mt Margaret 15/1955, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GILMORE George 90yrs, d 20 Oct 1928, at Homestead Lease 31C, Leonora, Occ: Retired Pastoralist, Cause: Senility, Gangrene of foot, Born Massecuites USA, In WA 36yrs, Married to Lillian Winifred DORRIZZI in Perth WA in 1905, no children, Reg 22/1928 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.


Peter GILMORE

GILMORE Peter Mervyn — 8mths, d 18 Nov 1938, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Congenital heart defect, Bronchitis, Father: Wilfred GILMORE (Railway Employee), Mother: Idella ROBINSON, Born: Kalgoorlie WA, Reg Mt Margaret 34/1938, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GIRVAN David — 59yrs, d 24 Aug 1940, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Cerebral Haemorrhage, Father: David GIRVAN (Miner), Mother: Elizabeth HART, Born Sydney NSW, In NSW 29yrs, In WA 39yrs, Married to Fredericker Frances Amy Victoria KNOTT in Leonora WA at age 28yrs, Children: David William 29yrs, James Edward 28yrs, Amy Elizabeth 23yrs, Gertrude May 18yrs, 1 male deceased, Reg Mt Margaret 27/1940, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.


Giuseppe GIUDICI

GIUDICI Giuseppe — 55yrs, d 11 May 1945, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Prospector, Cause: Silicosis of lung, Father: Zaccaria GIUDICI (Farmer), Mother: Piontoni Teresa, Born: Vilminore, Italy, In WA 21yrs, Married to Teresa BATTAGLIA in Italy at age 30yrs, Children: Zaccaria 24yrs, Maria 18yrs, Reg Mt Margaret 10/1945, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GLEESON Archibald — 68yrs, b 3 Aug 1935, at Gwalia, Occ: Labourer, Cause: Chronic Myocardial degeneration, acute heart failure, Father: James GLEESON, Mother: PURTLE, Born: Strathfieldsaye VIC, In VIC 32yrs, In WA 36yrs, Single, Reg Mt Margaret 19/1935, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GLOVER John Andrew 9wks, d 2 Apr 1920, Cause: Measles, Broncho Pneumonia, Father: John Andrew GLOVER (Labourer), Mother: Marie COLMAIRE, Born Port Augusta SA, In SA 1 month, In WA 5 weeks, Reg 9/1920 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GODDARD Mary Ann — 71yrs, d 18 Sep 1915, at Stuart Street, Leonora, Married Woman, Cause: Senility, Influenza, Father: John Edwin SHEPPARD, Born NSW, In NSW 52yrs, In WA 19yrs. Married three times, 1st to Frederick INGALL in Gulgong NSW at age 29yrs, 2nd to Joseph MILLER in Cobar NSW at age 37yrs, 3rd to Joseph GODDARD in Broken Hill, NSW. Children: 1st Ana Myra 41yrs, Frederick John 36yrs, 2nd James Joseph 28yrs, Oscar Howard 26yrs, Reg 28/1915 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GOLDING Mabel Pearl 1yr, d 8 Nov 1904, at Leonora Tramway Terminus, Leonora, Cause: Pneumonia, Father: Edward GOLDING (Labourer), Mother Florence FRANCIS, Born Coolgardie WA, Reg 45/1904 Mt Margaret, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GOODE Jean Elizabeth 14mths, d 7 Dec 1912, at Gwalia, Cause: Acute diarrhoea, Father: James Duncan GOODE (Miner), Mother: Charlotte MOSEY, Born Gwalia WA, Reg Mt Margaret 38/1912, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GORDON Mavis 28hrs, d 30 May 1908, at Tower Street, Leonora, Cause: Strangulation of umbilical cord, Father: Charles McLellan GORDON (Mine Carpenter), Mother: Dora Vivienne GRIFFITHS, Born Leonora, Reg 35/1908 Mt Margaret, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GORDON unnamed female — d 28 Aug 1905, at Hoover Street, Leonora, Cause: Prolonged labour, Father: Peter Campbell GORDON (Drapery Manager), Mother: Marian LANDOR, Reg 42/1905, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GORMAN Thomas Michael — 63yrs, d 6 Nov 1943, at Gwalia, Occ: Miner, Cause: Cerebral haemorrhage on the base of the left side of the brain, Verdict of the Coroner after post-mortem, Father: Michael GORMAN (Engineer), Mother: Mary MOLLOY, Born: California USA, Married to Agnes Mary MAYER in Malcolm WA at age 24yrs, Reg Mt Margaret 23/1943, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GOTTI Giovanni — 34yrs, b 21 Jul 1935, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Carcinoma of the oesophagus, Inanition and haemorrhage, Father: Michele GOTTI (Farmer), Mother: Teresa NICOLA, Born: Albino, Pradalunga, Italy, Married to Caterina CUGINI in Italy at age 31yrs, 1 child about 2yrs old, Reg Mt Margaret 17/1935, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GRACE Victoria Maud 27yrs, d 28 Aug 1920, at Leonora District Hospital, Occ: Housewife, Cause: Influenza, Pneumonia, Father: James CORBITT (Carpenter), Mother: Catherine SCANLON, Born Fremantle WA, In WA 27yrs, Married to Thomas Ernest GRACE in Guildford NSW, Reg 29/1920 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GRAFTON Edith Mable 3mths, d 5 Mar 1905, at Gwalia, Leonora, Cause: Enteritis, Father: Walter Marshall GRAFTON (Miner), Mother: Evelyn Maude BROWN, Born Leonora, Reg 12/1905 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GRANAGHAN Anthony — 73yrs, d 10 Oct 1937, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Pensioner, Cause: Cardiac Failure, Senility, Father: Joseph GRANAGHAN, Mother: Bridget KELLY, Born: Ban Dolan, Ballyshannon, Ireland, Reg Mt Margaret 22/1937, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GREY Matthew Frank  56yrs, Bur 9 Feb 2022,  METH    Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GRAY Michael — 2yrs, d 18 Apr 1952, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Broncho Pneumonia, Mother: Rachael,
Reg 8/1952 Mt Margaret, Aboriginal Section, Buried Leonora Cemetery.


Thomas H GRAY

GRAY Thomas Henry — 71yrs, d 24 Dec 1994, Born: Victoria Park WA, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GRAY William Heggie — 69yrs, d 23 Sep 1928, at Leonora Hospital, Occ; Pensioner, Cause: Pneumonia, Cardiac Failure, Born VIC, In VIC 37yrs, In WA 32yrs, Single, Reg 17/1928 Mt Margaret, PRES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GRAZIOLI Angelo ‘Mons’ — 58yrs, d 1 Jun 1951, Occ: Miner, at The Sons of Gwalia GM, Leonora, Cause: While shovelling spillage from the bottom of the shaft was struck by a runaway timber trolley and crushed, dying instantly, Father: Angelo GRAZIOLI, Mother: Elisabetta CALDINELLI, Born: Monno (Brescia) Italy, In WA 27yrs, Single, Reg Mt Marg 25/1951, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GREEN Adrien — 9mths, b 26 Dec 1962, Father: Barnabas GREEN, Mother: Joyce GREEN, Born: Warburton WA, Reg 2/1963 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GREEN Alec B — 49yrs, b 16 Jan 1963, from Nambi Station, Born: Laverton WA, Reg 5/1963 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GREEN Beverly — 50yrs, b 9 Feb 1989, From Menzies WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GREEN Jennifer — 72yrs, b 19 Feb 1972, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GREEN Len— 63yrs, b 19 Mar 1985, From: Meekatharra WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GREEN Linda — 36, b 22 Feb 1977, Born: Warburton WA, from Cosmo Newberry, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GREEN Wendy — 1hr, d 8 Mar 1950, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Premature birth, Father: Hugh Naylor GREEN (Pastoralist), Mother Ruth Muriel Steele ROLFE, Reg Mt Margaret 3/1950, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GREENWOOD Alfred Edwin — 73yrs, d 19 Sept 1946, Camp 4 miles north of Leonora, Occ: Prospector and Old Age Pensioner, Cause: Hyperpiesia, Cerebral Haemorrhage, Father: Richard Thomas GREENWOOD, Mother: Sarah BENSON, Born: Ballarat VIC, In VIC 43yrs, In WA 30yrs, Single, Reg Mt Margaret 14/1946, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GREENWOOD Norah — 50yrs, d 9 May 1954, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Broncho Pneumonia, Debility, Born: WA, Single, Reg 10/1954 Mt Margaret, Aboriginal Section, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GREENWOOD Peter 75yrs, b 3 Aug 1974, Born: Rawlinson Ranges, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GREGORINI Henry 36yrs, d 1 Jun 1914, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Miner, Cause: Acute Lobar Pneumonia, born Italy, Reg Mt Margaret 22/1914, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GREGORY Elizabeth — 37yrs, d 23 Nov 1917, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Tubal Abscess, Occ: Lodging House Keeper, Single, Reg 32/1917 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GREGSON Marjorie Elizabeth Hay 1 day, d 31 Aug 1908, at The Rectory, Leonora, Cause: Cardiac Failure, Father: William Wilt GREGSON (Church of England Priest), Mother: Marjorie MacKenzie HAY, Reg 46/1908 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GREIG George Wylie - 63yrs, d 1 Mar 1956, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Watchman, Cause: Bilateral Pleural Effusion, Broncho Pneumonia, Senility, Born: Tottenham, England, In WA 30yrs, Single, Reg 2/1956 Mt Margaret, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GREY Frank — 54yrs, b 4 Nov 1974, Born: Laverton WA, Aboriginal, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GREY Marcia — 54yrs, b 12 Oct 2013, Born: Leonora WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GREY Marienne — 33yrs b 17 Aug 2007, Born: Kalgoorlie WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GREY Roma Virginia — 24yrs, b 11 Apr 1980, Born: Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GREY Ruby — 70yrs, b 25 Jan 2013, Born: Warburton WA, Meth, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GREY Simon — 34yrs, b 14 Apr 2000, Born: Leonora WA, Meth, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GREY Vivienne — 1yr, d 16 Feb 1951, at Leonora Hospital, Born: Mt Margaret Mission, Morgans WA, Cause: Broncho Pneumonia, Father: Dick GREY, Station Hand, Reg 6/1951 Mt Margaret, Aboriginal Section, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GREY Rachael — 62yrs, b 18 Dec 1993, Born: Laverton WA, METH, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GREYMAN Henry Frederick — 80yrs, d 3 Dec 1953, at Manning St, Gwalia, Occ: Retired Miner, Cause: Coronary Occlusion, Senility, Father: Frederick GREYMAN (Gardener), Mother: Maria MASCHMEDT, Born: Klemzig, SA, In SA 24yrs, In WA 56yrs, Married in Payneham SA on 16 Jul 1896 to Mabel COTTON, Children: Frank (dec), Florence (dec), Irene 49yrs, Elsie 46yrs, Rose 44yrs, Mae 44yrs, Keith (dec), Olive 41yrs, Reg Mt Margaret 21/1953, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GRIFFIN Thomas — 63yrs, d 8 Feb 1958, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Plate Layer, Cause: Cranial Haemorrhage, Contributory Cause local heatwave over 110 °, Father: Patrick GRIFFIN, Mother Mary KIELY, Single, Born: Co Cork, Ireland, In WA 46yrs, Reg 4/1958 Mt Margaret, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.


Norman J J GRIFFITH

GRIFFITH Norman Joseph Jeffries 'Mick' — 33yrs, d 2 Dec 1943, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Rheumatic Endocarditis, Born: Bunby WA, Married to Nellie STIRLING in Alice Springs Northern Territory at age 26yrs, Children: Harold Joseph 6yrs, Michael 4yrs, Jean Magdaline 3yrs, John 2yrs, Margaret 5mths, Reg Mt Margaret 24/1943, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GRIFFITHS Elizabeth Jane — 68yrs, d 6 Oct 1912, at Leonora Hospital, Widow Cause: Pneumonia, Born Cornwall England, In VIC 46yrs, In WA 15yrs, Married twice, 1st in Melbourne VIC to William NICHOLLS at age 18yrs, 2nd to Thomas GRIFFITHS in Melbourne VIC at age 34yrs, Children: 1st Marriage: William NICHOLLS 45yrs, 2nd Mary Griffiths 31yrs, 1 female deceased, Reg 35/1912 Mt Margaret, WES, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GRIFFITHS Mary Ellen — 72yrs, d 12 Sept 1945, at Leonora Hospital, Old Age Pensioner, Cause: Disease of spine, Chronic Myocarditis, Father: George BOURKE (Butcher), Mother: Kate HAYES, Married twice -1st in Fremantle WA in 1895 to Richard Francis WILSON, 2nd time in Leonora WA to William GRIFFITHS at age 34yrs, Children: 1st marr Constance 46yrs, Reg Mt Margaret 16/1945, RC, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GRIFFITHS unnamed male d 8 Oct 1910, at Leonora Hospital, Cause: Premature birth, Father: William GRIFFITHS (Miner), Mother: Mary Ellen BKE, Reg 56/1910 Mt Margaret, Buried Leonora Cemetery.

GRIFFITHS William — 76yrs, d 14 Feb 1948, at Leonora Hospital, Occ: Retired Miner, Old Age Pensioner, Cause: Gastro Enteritis, In VIC 26yrs, In WA 50yrs, Married to May WILSON in Leonora WA aged 39yrs, no children, Reg Mt Margaret 4/1948, ANG, Buried Leonora Cemetery.


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