- Source: Willaston General Cemetery
The Willaston General Cemetery on Dawkins Avenue, Willaston, South Australia opened on 1 August 1866. to replace the original burial ground on Murray Street, Gawler, South Australia was made in the mid 1850s, with the headstones from the original cemetery moved to the entrance.
Interments at the cemetery include:
Ephraim Henry Coombe, (1858–1917) journalist and politician
Leslie Duncan, (1880–1952), newspaper editor and politician
Walter Duffield, (1816–1882) miller, pastoralist and politician
Job Harris, (1840–1882) prominently associated with the discovery of gold at the Barossa Goldfields
James Martin, (1821–1899) manufacturer and politician
Frederick May, (1840–1897) engineer and manufacturer
John McKinlay, (1819–1872) explorer
Esmond Walter New, (1900–1982) Presbyterian minister and air force chaplain
References
External links
Willaston Cemetery burial register
Willaston General Cemetery at Find a Grave