Individual Details

Alfred Thomas "Tommy" STRAHAN

(8 Sep 1880 - 30 Jan 1918)

Birth	8 Sep 1880	Brighton, Victoria, Australian Colonies
Baptism	9 Feb 1884	(strangely his birthdate was recorded as 4 Mar 1881) - Heidelberg, Victoria, Australian Colonies
Note	10 Sep 1888	Thomas was taken into care as a State ward with brothers Anthony & David on the 10 Sep 1888 for being “neglected”. Their admission records note that their mother was dead & father Simon was in Melbourne Hospital. He was initially fostered out to a Mary James in Castlemaine & subsequently to a Mrs Miller in the same town. On 1 Jul 1893 he was “licensed” (bonded labour) to a Mrs A Barber in Guildford
Note	15 Apr 1906	Mount Morgans Mercury 18 Apr 1906 carried a story which stated "Thomas Strahan, an employee at Tattersall's Hotel, met with a severe accident Sunday morning last. While endeavoring to open a bottle of soda water the bottle exploded, inflicting a frightful gash in the left wrist which necessitated his immediate removal to the hosptial. He is, we are glad to state, progressing favorably."
Marriage	21 Aug 1907	St Mary's RC Church, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia -
Death	30 Jan 1918	when he was killed by a fall of earth at the Two Boys mine, Kundip, in the Ravensthorpe district - Ravensthorpe, Western Australia, Australia
Burial	1 Feb 1918	Old Cemetery, Ravensthorpe, Western Australia, Australia