This little chap died on Lyndon Station (now Yanyeareddy Station) as a result of being scalded. He had upset a billy of tea and received such severe scalds that he subsequently succumbed to the shock.
The child was buried by BP Hack. Witnesses present at the burial were J Nickoll and W Lines.
Lyndon Station was previously owned by the Lefroy family but at this time, the leases were held by Henry Twitchin.
Horrifyingly, almost four years to the day later, according to police records, little Leonard's older sister, Henrietta Florence May Filgate, aged 9 years, was burned to death in most tragic circumstances. By that time, the family had left Lyndon Station and were residing in Eleanor Street, Geraldton. Henrietta Florence May Filgate, aged eight and a half years, was burned to death while playing in an old tank on the beach on September 25, 1929. She was extensively burned from the head to the knees and died about 11 o'clock that night as a result of shock caused by the burns.
Florrie had gone to the beach that day with her older brother, William John, and some friends. There was an old tank on the beach into which Florrie and a friend climbed to look for string. A fire then started in the tank and the other girl, Joan Gill, climbed out. Florrie was still in the tank, and William heard her crying.
The deceased was buried at Grey's Well, on Lyndon Station, by Police Constable Henry Vincent Street (Regimental Number 1190) and AJ Inglis, JP, (Church of England). Witnesses present at the burial were H King and Henry Ernest Notley. The informant of his death was Sergeant Henry Ernest Notley (Police Regimental Number 335), of Carnarvon.
The young man died of a gunshot wound to the head, self-inflicted while temporarily deranged mentally.
The deceased was buried on Yanyeareddy Station by Bedford Percy Hack. Witnesses present at the burial were JD Felby and E Golding. His death was certified in writing by Bedford Percy Hack, station owner and manager, Yanyeareddy Station.
The deceased died of congestion of the lungs following exposure. While engaged in mustering operations towards the end of shearing at Yanyeareddy Station, BP Hack, came across the old identity of the district in an unconscious condition near one of the station mills. He was brought in to the homestead and given every attention but expired at noon the next day and was buried at the station.
Richard Larking was buried by Bedford Percy Hack on Yanyeareddy Station (now Lyndon Station). Witnesses present at the burial were J Lund and L MacDougall. His relatives were understood to be residing in Adelaide at the time.
Larking died while engaged in taking shorn sheep from the woolshed to an out paddock. As he was passing a musterer's camp, 5 miles from the homestead, he roped a sheep for killing and while in the act of taking it in to the cook at the camp, he fell and died without a struggle.
The manager, Bedford Percy Hack, and the overseer, Mr King, proceeded to the camp and brought the body in to the homestead where it was interred on the following morning after a report of the sad happening had been sent to Alexander Cameron, JP., of Wogola Station.
Dick, as he was generally known, was considered to be one of the best bushmen in the Nor' West and his loss to Yanyeareddy at their outcamps was severely felt.
This little boy is buried about 150 metres from the homestead on Yanyeareddy Station, east of Carnarvon. There is a lovely monument at the burial site of James and his brother, Thomas Lefroy, and it is surrounded by a small fence.
James' older brother, Thomas Lyndon, is also buried on Lyndon Station. His story appears in this website.
Thomas Lyndon Lefroy died on Yanyeareddy Station and was buried about 150 metres from the homestead. There is a lovely monument at the burial site of James and Thomas Lefroy and it is surrounded by a small fence.
Thomas' younger brother, James Douglas, is also buried on the station and his story appears in this website.
The daughter of two nomadic Aboriginals, Topsy died of a gunshot wound to the abdomen. She was buried by her father within 200 yards of Yanyeareddy Station homestead. The witness to the burial was Alick Willie. Her death was certified in writing by Flora M Lefroy, housewife, Yanyeareddy Station.
The Lefroy family held the Yanyeareddy Station leases at the time.