Chaffers Archives - Outback Family History https://www.outbackfamilyhistoryblog.com/tag/chaffers/ Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia Sat, 02 Jul 2016 10:10:17 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://www.outbackfamilyhistoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/OFH-Logo-150x150.jpg Chaffers Archives - Outback Family History https://www.outbackfamilyhistoryblog.com/tag/chaffers/ 32 32 The Chaffers Roll of Honour https://www.outbackfamilyhistoryblog.com/chaffers-roll-honour/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chaffers-roll-honour https://www.outbackfamilyhistoryblog.com/chaffers-roll-honour/#respond Sat, 02 Jul 2016 10:10:17 +0000 https://www.outbackfamilyhistoryblog.com/?p=2669 About 16 year ago the building and plant of the Chaffers Mine on the Golden Mile were sold off and the mine was officially closed. As a part of these proceeding KCGM held a big open day with stalls and displays and tours around the remaining buildings and into the Super Pit.       […]]]>

About 16 year ago the building and plant of the Chaffers Mine on the Golden Mile were sold off and the mine was officially closed. As a part of these proceeding KCGM held a big open day with stalls and displays and tours around the remaining buildings and into the Super Pit.

Chaffers Mine 1909

Chaffers Mine 1909

uesday 9 March 1909, page 24 Chaffers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amongst the items on display was the following honour board  commemorating  the men who worked on the Chaffers and went to WW2. Im not sure of the location of the board today but I think it may be with the War Museum or the Eastern Goldfields Historical Society.

Chaffers Board

Chaffers Plant Roll of Honour WW2+

ANDERSON AJ AUSTIN A BARRON AC
BARRY EW BARRY M BENGER W
BEWICK E BLAKE AW BLUNDELL-WIGNELL T
BRADLEY F BREARLEY J BRITTON JA
CADLOLO AJ CASSERLEY F CHAPMAN AE
CLARKSON S COLE JO CONWAY JF
CONWAY TM COOPER F COX W
CRADDOCK EA CROCKER AEM CROWLEY CV
DELBRIDGE JA DEVITT B DRAGGETT R
FIELD DOUG FIELD DES FISHER R
FRANCIS S GARDNER G GASTON MD
GRAHAM R GREENE FW GREGORY AJ
GUNDRY M HAMILTON SA HANSEN E
HARDING JW HARRISON WEA HAYNES R
HILL AC HILL R HOSKING AB
HOSKING W HUMPHRIES GW JACOBS L
JACOBS W JARDINE R JOHNSON LW
JUDGE AJ KEANE A KEMP SC
KNAPP CH LANCE F LEWIS FN
LITHGOW HA MANNERS WC MARMION W
MARTIN D MAYNARD N MICHEL SC
MOODY T MOREY BS MOYLE AJ
MULLEN J MUNYARD E MURRAY FA
MURRAY RJ McDONALD GL McEWAN J
McEWAN VH McIVOR C McROBERTS M
NESTLER G NORMINGTON C NYLUND ES
O’KEEFE D OLDS TB OLIPHANT D
O’MALLEY F PEARSE H QUAIFE C
RICHARDS A RODOREDA J ROSSER AA
RYDER T SCHEELE F SMITH A
SOUTHCOTT CL STEPHENS R STICKMAN F Mc
SULLY LA TAYLOR E TAYLOR WN
THOMSON DON THOMSON MAX TINDALL E
TOMS WR VIETCH M WARD LN
WATTS E WELLINGTON WS WINCEY AA
YURISICH J    
Men of the Chaffers from the Western Argus 6 Jan 1903

Men of the Chaffers from the Western Argus 6 Jan 1903

 

 

 

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