About 24 years ago the buildings and plant of the Chaffers Mine on the Golden Mile were sold off and the mine was officially closed. As a part of these proceedings, KCGM held a big open day with stalls and displays and tours around the remaining buildings and into the Super Pit.
Gold miners pushing logs on rail cart while timbering a shaft at the 2600 ft level in Chaffers Gold Mine, 1948 – Photo SLWA
Miner moving ore moving from bin to cracker at Chaffers Mine, Kalgoorlie, 1948 – Photo SLWA
Amongst the items on display was the following honour board commemorating the men who worked on the Chaffers mine and went to WW2. Today it is housed in the Kalgoorlie-Boulder War Museum in Burt Street, Boulder.
Chaffers Plant Roll of Honour WW2 – 1999
| ANDERSON A J | AUSTIN A | BARRON A C |
| BARRY E W | BARRY M | BENGER W |
| BEWICK E | BLAKE A W | BLUNDELL-WIGNELL T |
| BRADLEY F | BREARLEY J | BRITTON J A |
| CADLOLO A J | CASSERLEY F | CHAPMAN A E |
| CLARKSON S | COLE JO | CONWAY J F |
| CONWAY TM | COOPER F | COX W |
| CRADDOCK E A | CROCKER A E M | CROWLEY C V |
| DELBRIDGE J A | DEVITT B | DRAGGETT R |
| FIELD DOUG | FIELD DES | FISHER R |
| FRANCIS S | GARDNER G | GASTON M D |
| GRAHAM R | GREENE FW | GREGORY A J |
| GUNDRY M | HAMILTON S A | HANSEN E |
| HARDING J W | HARRISON W E A | HAYNES R |
| HILL A C | HILL R | HOSKING A B |
| HOSKING W | HUMPHRIES G W | JACOBS L |
| JACOBS W | JARDINE R | JOHNSON L W |
| JUDGE A J | KEANE A | KEMP SC |
| KNAPP C H | LANCE F | LEWIS F N |
| LITHGOW H A | MANNERS W C | MARMION W |
| MARTIN D | MAYNARD N | MICHEL S C |
| MOODY T | MOREY BS | MOYLE A J |
| MULLEN J | MUNYARD E | MURRAY F A |
| MURRAY R J | McDONALD G L | McEWAN J |
| McEWAN V H | McIVOR C | McROBERTS M |
| NESTLER G | NORMINGTON C | NYLUND E S |
| O’KEEFE D | OLDS TB | OLIPHANT D |
| O’MALLEY F | PEARSE H | QUAIFE C |
| RICHARDS A | RODOREDA J | ROSSER A A |
| RYDER T | SCHEELE F | SMITH A |
| SOUTHCOTT C L | STEPHENS R | STICKMAN F Mc |
| SULLY LA | TAYLOR E | TAYLOR W N |
| THOMSON DON | THOMSON MAX | TINDALL E |
| TOMS W R | VIETCH M | WARD L N |
| WATTS E | WELLINGTON W S | WINCEY A A |
| YURISICH J |
Men of the Chaffers from the Western Argus 6 Jan 1903
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