The following photographs are from the family album of Mrs Beth Edwards (nee Peirce) of NSW. She tells me that the large group photo was presented to her relative, Charles Withers Peirce, by the Brown Hill Volunteer Fire Brigade when he was Captain of the team. He is seated in the centre of the photo.
Presented to Capt C W Peirce as a token of Esteem and Appreciation by the Brown Hill Volunteer Fire Brigade. (Original photo donated to the Fire Brigade Museum)
Left to right, Back Row:- B Pollard, F Nulsen, F Mathews, W Bennell, Foreman A Holt, J Mitchell, C Cressey, G Pollard.
Middle row:- T Borrenger, J Quinn, A Edmonds, Capt C W Peirce, J Pollard, W Pringle, F Kernick
Front:- R Munday and M Sonsee. Winners of the Kalgoorlie RB Cup 20th Oct 1912.
Charles Withers PEIRCE and Sarah Jane Peirce (nee KNIPE) 1905 with children Charles left and John right.
Charles Withers Peirce was born in 1874 in Ballarat Victoria and died in Kalgoorlie on 18 Jun 1920. Children: Charles Darrell Peirce (Born 1899 Victoria), John William Edward Peirce (Born 1901 Victoria) Leslie Hugh Peirce (Born Brown Hill WA 1904 died aged 3mths)
Harry Worster Peirce 1868 – Brother of Charles W Peirce
Beth’s Grandfather, Arthur William Peirce, was born in Ballarat in 1876 and was station master at Woolgangie WA 1905-1908 then at Gwalia WA 1909 – 1911
Arthur William Peirce born 1876 as a naval cadet before going to Western Australia
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What a great Photo of the Brown Hill Volunteers Fire Brigade. My Grandfather, Mark Sonsee is in the front row. Sadly, I never knew him as he died from “Miners Complaint” in about 1933 when my Dad (Jack Sonsee) was just 18.
Love the history of The Goldfields.
Cheers, Bill Sonsee
Hi Bill, Yes it is indeed a greta photo. Is your Grandfather the Mark Sonsee in the Kalgoorlie Cemetery who died in 1933?