Grave of Frederick T Bryant Kalgoorlie Cemetery c1902 – Photo State Library of Victoria
When photographing old graves it is often found that some parts of the memorial are missing or damaged, but in the case of Frederick Thomas Bryant’s grave, there has been something added. The above photograph was taken c1902 and shows a fascinating and very early view of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery Methodist Section, grave 1432. Note the surrounding bush and the post and wire fence. Photo Taken by Ideal Studios – H C Biltoft, Boulder City. This was probably taken to send back to his relatives in Victoria.
Grave of Frederick T Bryant Kalgoorlie Cemetery – 2021 photo by Danelle Warnock
The above photo taken recently by Danelle Warnock has now had a stone plaque added which is quite blank. It’s not known if this is part of the grave or it has broken off another grave nearby and just been placed on the grave at a later stage. Sadly the Immortelle in the original photo is missing.
Frederick Thomas BRYANT was a Railway Guard who married Emily FISHER in Albany WA in 1898. The couple was to have only one child, Leo William BRYANT, born in Kalgoorlie in 1900. Fred died after a short illness, on the 27th February 1902 and was buried the next day. He was only 27 years of age, the son of William Charles BRYANT and Mary Anne MONAGHAN. He was the couple eldest child and was born in Tyabb Victoria on 22nd March 1874. He had six brothers and six sisters all born in Victoria.
Funeral Notice – Kalgoorlie Miner 28 February 1902, page 4
Albany Advertiser- 7 March 1902, page 2 – Births, Death & Marriages.
BRYANT at Kalgoorlie on Feb 27th, Fred C eldest son of W C & M Bryant, late of Carlton VIC and now of Albany. After a short illness, Regretted by all who knew him.
Western Australian Railways Employee Records
As you will see from his employment records Fred joined the WA Railways in Albany as a Shunter. He was transferred to Kalgoorlie in1899 just after his marriage where he was promoted to a Guard. On the 12th of April 1901, he received his Guards Certificate. The last entry is on 27th February 1902 to say that on the 12th February he had gone home ill and had never returned to work. The last entry was to record his death and to award his widow 10 days holiday pay. Later in the year when his estate was wound up, he left Emily, his widow, £150.
It’s not known what the cause of death for Fred was, he didn’t die in the Government Hospital, so must have been either in a private hospital or more likely nursed at home, Lot 836 Hare Street, Piccadilly. Emily was to remarry in Perth WA in a year later in1903 to Robert Henry CLEGG.
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