WA Cemeteries - Wooroloo
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39 Commonwealth War Graves
The cemetery has been laid out in denominational areas.
A large number of graves are only marked by a grave marker.
The Wooroloo Cemetery was gazetted on 13th July 1906. The names found in Wooroloo Cemetery are quite broad in their ethnic mix, such as Chinese, Japanese, Yugoslavian, German, English, Irish, Scottish, as well as Aboriginal. The earliest burials date from 1915, when the cemetery was under the control of the nearby Wooroloo Sanatorium. The sanatorium treated patients with a range of pulmonary diseases, such as tuberculosis (TB) and a few leprosy patients. The sanitorium ceased to be the only TB centre in 1960 and TB ceased to be a fatal illness after the discovery of Streptomycin in 1944. Prior to this time, rest, fresh air and good food were the only hope for TB patients. Many of the patients at the Sanatorium were miners whose lungs had become infected while working on the various goldfields. Other graves are linked to return servicemen. Women and younger persons were also among the patients. The majority of the graves associated with the Sanatorium are mounds identified simply by a cast iron marker bearing the plot number.
General Photo of the Wooroloo Cemetery
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WX18441 WO2 JW ALLEN (John William) 5 Works Company 16th May 1964 Age 69 Dearly loved and sadly missed by his wife Violet John William ALLEN Born 20 Aug 1894 Loved father of Joan, Gilbert & Terry An 11th Battalion man 1st AIF |
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11644 Driver |
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Peter BARBARY Who died on 8th April 1918 Aged 58 years Also Lionel son of the above Killed in action 28-29 July 1916 Aged 21 years 10 months |
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7992 Sapper |
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Charles Henry BEAR |
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5283 Private IT BEECH (Isaac Thomas) 3rd Tunnelling Company 10th May 1920 |
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Arthur William BONNETTE |
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3278 Private JJ BRANCHER (John James) Pioneer Battalion 2nd June 1937 |
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3803 Private |
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4975 Privte John BRIGHT 28th Battalion 6th January 1922 |
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4751 Private GR BROWN 48 Battalion 31st August 1935 Age 49 |
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2030 Private |
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24569 Driver HF BUCHANAN (Herbert Francis) 3rd DAC 10th March 1919 |
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953 Sapper C McL CLARKE (Gordon McLeod) 3rd Tunnelling Company 12th September 1920 |
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WX10354 Private |
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3686 Corporal Norman COLE 11th Battalion 4th March 1918 |
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3231 Private |
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862 Trooper ED CORSE (Ernest David) 10th Light Horse 3rd October 1919 |
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5821 Private |
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5315 Sapper WH DABB (William Henry) 2nd Tunnelling Company 5th September 1921 Aged 53 years |
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Arthur FLETCHER |
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933 L/Corporal AB FREDRICKSON (Albert Benjamin) 32nd Battalion 17th July 1921 |
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5006 Private |
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John GILSON Late greaser RM S Orontes Died 23rd March 1934 Erected by his ship-mates |
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Jack GOOCH |
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Olive WILSON Youngest daughter of A GOOCH and the late CH GOOCH And sister of the late Trooper GOOCH Aged 39 years |
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8884 Driver |
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7004 Private AWJ HALL (Algernon William John) 11th Battalion 3rd September 1923 |
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VX5718 Sergeant |
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311 Sergeant |
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1920 Private FC HAWKINS (Frederick George) 51st Battalion 29th July 1917 |
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1285 Private |
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4355 Sapper Albert HOCKEY 3rd Tunnelling Company 22nd July 1919 |
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7382 Sapper |
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47 Private WJ HOWELL (William Joseph) 8th Battery 9th June 1919 |
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NX25872 Craftsman |
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7732 Sapper Arthur Lane KEMP Tunnelling Coy Details 16th August 1921 |
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Pte Henry John LEWIS |
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4776 Private WH LOVELACE (William Henry) 28th Battalion 10th March 1921 |
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4415 Sapper |
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747 Private HR McNULTY (Henry Richard) 28th Battalion 30th July 1918 |
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1070 Private FE NEALE (Frank Edward) 11 Battalion 6th July 1943 Aged 61 |
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John Thomas NUNDY Born Nov 14th 1852 Died Aug 18th 1918 |
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3334 Private William PAUL 44th Battalion 23rd December 1917 |
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2879 Private |
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2154 Private FJ PHILLIPS (Frederick James) 2nd Pioneers 9th November 1918 In memory of the dearly Loved son of Mr & Mrs Phillips Aged 27 |
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6835 Sapper |
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3226 Private C QUINLIVAN (Charles) 5th Pioneer Battalion 21st August 1918 |
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978 Private John SAUNDERS 4th Tropical Force 5th April 1921 |
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353 Corporal |
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Private WJW SKINNER (William John West) Tunnelling Company 6th March 1919 |
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19866 Driver HC STEVENSON 3rd DAC 14th May 1921 Eldest son of Charles And the late Rebecca Stevenson |
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2256 Private |
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6500 Sapper F SULLIVAN (Florance) 4th Field C Engineers 4th April 1919 |
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5191 Private |
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157 Private Alfred TAYLOR 44th Battalion 23rd September 1921 |
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7405 Sapper |
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Janet THOMPSON (Sister) Who died at Wooroloo 14th May 1934 Aged 35 years |
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4925 Private |
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1280 Private JT WELCH (James Thomas) 3rd Pioneers 23rd April 1920 |
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187 Private |
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Photographed July 2006
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