Kalgoorlie Electric Tramways

This is the emblem on the honor board held at the Eastern Goldfields Transport Board depot (The Car Barn) on Boulder Road, formerly called the Kalgoorlie Electric Tramways.

KET Honour Board

These are the employees named on the board who fought in WW1.

W Morley (KIA),    E Landquist (KIA),    S Pearson,   J McCleery,   J Angove,   H Edberg,   A McKinnon,    H J Martin,  E J Guidera, T Woodward,   R Thorn,   H H Tyson,   D L Gordon,   F N Lathby,   N B Eurze,   H Kilpatrick,
W Menzies,   S A Hamilton,   E Doddrell,   W H Watts,   T Davies,   C Vautin,   J N Dennison,   H G Claudius,
J J Cooke,   H C McKenzie,   A M Pooley,   F Moorhouse,   F McNabb.

If you had a relative who worked on the trams you may find his name listed in the surviving employee records from 1908-1960 on my main site at https://bit.ly/3qNSf2t

If your relative is found here there is a photocopied page of their employment history available.  The following is an example of a record, that of Charles EATON

Record of Charles EATON

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Moya Sharp

Owner at Outback Family History

My name is Moya Sharp, I live in Kalgoorlie Western Australia and have worked most of my adult life in the history/museum industry. I have been passionate about history for as long as I can remember and in particular the history of my adopted home the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia. Through my website I am committed to providing as many records and photographs free to any one who is interested in the family and local history of the region.

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