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Frank John DOIDGE

Burial Location:Kookynie  (details...)
Occupation: Hotel Yardman
Place of Death: Kookynie Government Hospital
Date of Death: 21 October 1906
Date of Burial:22 October 1906
Age:43 years
Cause of Death:Cirrhosis of Liver, Ascites, Bronchitis, Heart Failure
OGM Ref#: 1929
Headstone:OGM Aluminium
This is a photograph of plaque number 1929 for FRANK JOHN DOIDGE at KOOKYNIE

REF 1929 FRANK JOHN DOIDGE KOOKYNIE

Biography

Frank John Doidge resided in Kookynie for three or four years prior to his death at the hospital. He was at one time Warder at the Kookynie hospital and was a British Navy pensioner. The funeral was largely attended. The body was buried in the Anglican portion of the Kookynie Cemetery, Plot number 26.

As stated in the State Records Office documents, Frank John's siblings, Mary Jane and William Henry, featured in the settlement of his estate.

Parents:Leah (nee GARDNER) and William DOIDGE
Birth Details:June Quarter of 1863 at Seaton City, Devon, England; Birth Registration Volume 5b, Page 16, Axminster, England
Death Certificate:34/1906, North Coolgardie
State Records Office: DOIDGE, Frank John - Kookynie (d.20/10/1906) AU WA S2323 cons5800 1906/288 Item 1906-10-30 - Part of INTESTATE FILES (PUBLIC TRUSTEE) Siblings William Henry DOIDGE and Mary Jane WANAN - Tavistock, England.; Henry Doidge AU WA S34 cons3403 1925/355 Item