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William BRILLIANT

Burial Location:Leonora  (details...)
Occupation: Miner
Place of Death: Leonora Hospital
Date of Death: 06 May 1926
Date of Burial:08 May 1926
Age:71 years
Cause of Death:Fractured Pelvis, concussion
OGM Ref#: 2221
Headstone:OGM Aluminium
This is a photograph of the children of William and Sarah Ann BRILLIANT

Children of William BRILLIANT

This is a photograph of plaque number 2221 for WILLIAM BRILLIANT at LEONORA

REF 2221 WILLIAM BRILLIANT LEONORA

Biography

William Brilliant was unscrewing a bolt on the top of a cement stand on the Cornish lift on the old Harriston Gold Mine Pig Well, when he overbalanced and fell in, a distance of about 9 feet, causing a fractured pelvis and concussion.

Nobody was in the vicinity at the time but he managed to drag himself to his camp, some distance away.  He lay there for a couple of days until discovered and was brought in to the hospital.  Though severely shaken and bruised, it was not considered that his condition was fatal but other complications set in and he passed away. 

The deceased was of a most unassuming nature and of retiring disposition and left many friends to regret his demise. The funeral took place on the Saturday.

The deceased's wife, Sarah Wilkes, was born 17 March 1851 in Melbourne, Victoria. She passed away on 6 June 1902 in Brunswick, Victoria. 

William had resided in Leonora for about 26 years.  His father was a Scot, born in 1826, who married his mother 25 November 1852 in Portland, Victoria.  She was born in Tasmania in 1834.

Parents:Elizabeth Jane (nee SMITH) and John BRILLIANT (Hotel Keeper)
Spouse:Sarah Ann WILKES
Marriage Details:26 February 1880 at Horsham, Victoria; Marriage Registration 920/1880
Children:Harold Edward born 30 November 1880, Murtoa, Victoria (Birth Registration 4453/1881, Murtoa), died aged just short of his first birthday on 24 November 1881 at Ballanook (Death Registration 10911/1881, Kiata); Julia Mary born 12 June 1882 at Nhill (Birth Registration 24770/1882, Nhill); Elizabeth Olive May born 12 August 1884 (Birth Registration 26581/1884, Nhill); William Harold born 31 August 1886 at Nhill (Birth Registration 20689/1886, Nhill); Henry David born 31 July 1888 at Stawell (Birth Registration 33562/1888, Stawell).
Birth Details:Born circa 1855, Mt Gambier, South Australia; Baptised 21 June 1855 at the Penola Catholic Church, St Mary's Plains,
Death Certificate:4300006/1926, Mt Margaret