In Memory
of
DUGALD KENNEDY
Who was accidentally killed at the
Champion Mine February 28th 1910
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The chain is broken at the wheel
Our hearts in sorrow bend
In brother Dugald we all feel
That we have lost a friend
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Erected by Members of
Lord Roberts L.O/L/ No 21
KOOKYNIE
Sie Kts of Kings Watch
R.B.P. No 586
GWALIA and FRIENDS
The deceased died by a fall of earth in the Champion Gold Mine at the No.3 level. This was the verdict of the jury at the inquest into his death held at Kookynie 7 March 1910 by S.G. Fleming, JP, Acting Coroner.
Kennedy was born in New Zealand. Mr. Dugald Kennedy was in the act of barring out stone at the north end of the No. 3 level in the Champion mine when a fall of about six tons of earth occurred, causing his death. From the appearance of the injuries death must have been instantaneous. On 12 November the following year, a monument was unveiled which had been erected to the memory of Dugald Kennedy. The ceremony, which was under the auspices of the combined Loyal Orange Lodges of Gwalia, Leonora and Kookynie, was conducted by Sir Knight Bro. T. Pollard, W.M. of the R.B.P. King's Watch, .No. 586, Gwalia, assisted by Sir Knight Bro. W. H. Willcocks, W.M. of Lord Roberts Lodge, No. 21, Kookynie. The "Old Hundred" was sung by the assemblage at the graveside, after which Sir Knight Bro. W. Jones read the solemn ritual of the order, appointed for such occasions. He was ably assisted by Sir Knight Bro. A. Haddow. Sir Knight Bro. Haddow then unveiled the stone and in so doing bore eloquent testimony to the high respect in which their deceased brother was held by all the community. In feeling terms, he spoke of the manly and kindly actions that had endeared their late brother to all with whom he had come in contact. His hand was ever extended to help a brother or friend in distress and he had passed from this life beloved by all, leaving behind a memory that would ever be cherished by all those who had been privileged to know him.
The deceased's father, John Kennedy, was born in 1836 at Lochaber, Inverness, Scotland. Sarah Cameron was born 2 May 1841 at Kilmallie, Inverness-shire, Scotland. The couple married 06 March 1860 at Portland Bay, Victoria (Marriage Registration 766/1860). Each of the thirteen children born to this couple were born in New Zealand. They were: Angus born 1861; Dugald 1862; John Jack born 1863; Catherine born 1866; Sarah born 1869; Donald born 1871; Margaret born 1873; Mary born 1875; Malcolm born 1877; Angus born 1879; Ella born 1880; Charles born 1883; Olive born 1885. John Kennedy died in 1910, his wife on 5 October 1917 in New Zealand.