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Balla Balla Cemetery
Balla Balla Cemetery is located on the track to Balla Balla on a small hill prior to going down onto a mud flat. It is about 18km from Whim Creek. Some of those buried here drowned at sea during a cylcone on the way to Perth when the Crown of England went down. They were witnesses to a murder at Whim Creek. The murder victim is buried at Whim Creek. There is only one gravestone at the cemetery.
Name | Date of Death | Other Information |
Andriasen, CP | 22/3/1912 | 56y. Sailor on Crown of England which went down during a cyclone. |
Boloe, H | 14/4/1914 | 20y. Asailor who died aboard the schooner Merlin off Depuch Island. |
Gron, H | 22/3/1912 | 17y. A cabin boy on the Crown of England. |
Hammand, JH | 11/1/1898 | 53y. A labourer who drwoned accidentally at Balla Balla. |
Harris, W | 10/10/1912 | 30y. A fireman died from a back injury. |
Hill, TJ | 22/3/1912 | 33y. Only headstone. |
McHenry VJ | 26/11/1901 | 33y. Died at the Balla Balla hotel. He was an accountant and died from heart failure. |
Maginius, EP | 22/3/1912 | 36y. He was a wharfinger. |
Pitsikas, J | 22/3/1912 | 23y. A sailor on board the Crown of England. |