Fishing Lives Lost at Sea

Aboriginal men from the midwest
Taken by sharks in Champion Bay; two bodies recovered
1 October 1870

Aboriginal man from the Kings Sound
Shot aboard Adur; body thrown overboard
15 August 1876

Mary Swan
2 daughters, 4 years and 9 months old
Charles Goodwin
Henry Gerald F. Parker
Peter Berthelsen
Henry Huxley
Drowned when vessel was destroyed by cyclone
18 March 1877

Robert Miller
Johnny Friday
Drowned when boat capsized; bodies not recovered
3 March 1888

Jean Baptiste Le Taul
Drowned at Sea; Buried at Skinner Street Cemetery, Fremantle
20 August 1896

Thomas Liadel
Edmund Christoffersen
Drowned at Sea; Buried near Yanchep Beach
Died between 12 September and 3 October 1930

Herbertus Jacobus Franciscus Ackermans
Jeffrey Ross Champion
Lost at Sea; Bodies never recovered
9 November 2002

Ah Chow Sing
Small hired dingy
Died at Port Denison; body recovered
18 May 1945

Ah Soor
Body thrown overboard and not recovered
8 June 1881

Ahmun
Shark attack; body recovered
12 May 1882

William Garrard, owner and master
John Bryan
William Adams
William Woodman
Thomas Aaron (ticket-of-leave convict)
Moke and Nabra (two Aboriginal whaling crew members)
Margaret Allender, passenger
All persons Lost at Sea
25 June 1868

Nirba
Ballemerda
Died from wounds received in onboard incident
27 October 1875

Alex Forbes
Drowned in the Swan River; Body recovered
24 June 1830

John Nye
Drowned in the Swan River; Body recovered
28 November 1830

Alexander Young Smart
Drowned at Sea; Body never recovered
(On or Before) 19 March 1909

Alfred Elders
Drowned in Geraldton Harbour; Body recovered
7 September 1933

Alfred Okamoto
Drowned in the Harvey Estuary; Body recovered
25 July 1978

Broer Soolsma
Frederick Erickson
Drowned at Sea; Never Found
14 November 1929

Alistair Bowes Williams
Drowned at Port Gregory; body recovered
21 May 1939

Katchong
Ishmael Bin Sahan
Sahib Bin Matt
Drowned when lugger capsized; no bodies recovered
6 February 1903

Carl Alfred Andersen
William Pottinger
Drowned in Port Hedland harbour; bodies recovered
03 July 1913

Drowned in Useless Harbour; Body never recovered
24 September 1875

Andrew John Tresise
Death by Drowning; Body recovered
7 April 2002

John (Jack) S Andrews
Carl Johansen (Jensen)
Fred Matterson
Drowned at sea; body of Jack Andrews recovered
27 November 1892

Captain Zakarias Berborn Erikson
Malene Sophia Peterson Erikson, his wife
Pearl Olena Grace Erikson, their daughter
Master Ah Quin
Mate William Hayward
Diver John
Diver Narcano
Tender Antoni
Tender Marcus
Cook Jim Kok
Carpenter Gitto
Crew Bisenti
Crew Corneius
Drowned when boat sank in cyclone; some bodies recovered
10 January 1894

Abraham Appleyard
John Raison
Killed in a whale strike; bodies recovered
August 1866

Salvador Antunes
Marek Konash
Marian Rybak
Lost in Cyclone Val off Western Samoa; Bodies never recovered
9 December 1991

Arthur [Arty] Saxon
Disappeared from moorings; body not recovered
12 June 1964

Attanasio Farinola
Drowned at Sea; Never Found
13 March 1934

Hugh Cameron Gill
Symond Bevan Hahn
Lost At Sea; Never Found
7 March 1968

Gustav Pontus Axell
Jalmar Saarenpaa
Drowned at Sea; Bodies recovered
7 September 1931

Barry Ray Jessen
Lost at Sea; Body never recovered
17 August 2006

Barry Roy Beale
Drowned at Sea; Body recovered
25 September 1997

Hans Christian Koldbro Yder
Drowned at Sea; Body never recovered
10 July 1965

Kisayoshi Fuchigami
Drowned; body recovered
25 February 1920

Chinese Beachcombers
Died on Bezout Island
June 1891

Arthur Nelson Blake
Thomas Knudsen
Drowned in Geraldton Harbour; Bodies recovered
21 March 1949

6 unnamed divers
Drowned when boat sank in a cyclone
24 December 1875

Thomas Atkins
Alec Klassen
Drowned at Sea; Bodies never recovered
31 March 1898

Albert Henry Money
Theodore James Money
Lost at Sea; Never Found
3 February 1916

Bror Emanuel Ericson
Drowned at Sea; Body recovered
13 September 1923

Axel Johansen
Drowned at sea; Body never recovered
18 July 1912

John Campbell
George Alfred Campbell
Ernest Victor Campbell
Lost at Sea; Bodies never recovered
14 July 1907

Judy Kathleen Webster
Drowned at Sea; Body never recovered
13 June 1975

Captain Davies
Died aboard; buried en route
15 November 1885

Carl Otto Olsen
Lost in the dinghy to lugger number 1; body not recovered
26 April 1896

Carlton Scott Tittums
Lost at Sea; Never found
27 July 2011

Colin Boot
Frederick Lindsay Hunt
Brian Sharp
Presumed Drowned at Sea; Never Found
18 November 1961

Robert Thomas Allen
Edward Joseph Foster
William George Roser
Drowned at Sea; Never found
14 to 15 Feburary 1964

Giuseppe (Joseph) Basile
Drowned at Sea; Never Found
8 November 1933

? (name unknown)
Loss of one crew member from hunger and exhaustion; 30 miles North of Moore River
29 June 1844

Charles Swanson
Disappeared; body never recovered
1 January 1943

Richard (Dick) William Featch
Drowned at sea; Never found
20 March 1960

Robert Thompson, surveyor
The unnamed mate
Three unnamed crew members
Drowned in a cyclone; bodies not recovered
10 March 1912

Herman Ahrens
Henry Ferhman
Drowned at Sea; Bodies recovered
29 June 1896

Joseph Ingonaoe
Loeloe Kintoe
Bire Manoe
Thimotioes Nali
Mezak Fek
Drowned at Sea; Bodies of Ingonaoe, Kintoe, Manoe and Nali recovered; Hand of Fek recovered
30 June 1942

Claudius Buchanan Ker
Murdered aboard by Jimmy Long; buried in Cossack cemetery
7 September 1888

Guiseppe Benvenuto
Drowned at Sea; Buried on Rat Island
22 February 1921

Neville Hynes
Drowned when boat capsized; body recovered
5 August 1977

Cono Tripi
Drowned at Sea;
Body recovered and buried at Fremantle Cemetery
9 October 1913

Frank Casparson
Martin Martinsen
Robert Sharpen
Lost at Sea; Never found
10 February 1937

Gunnar “Teddy” Olsen (Oldusen)
Drowned at sea; Body recovered
10 February 1937

Henry Howard
Edward Percival
Drowned; bodies not recovered
25 December 1870

Frank Travia
Drowned at Sea; Body recovered
4 August 1977

Daniel Da Silva Garces
Lost at sea; Never found
4 August 1973

Daniel Goodall
Drowned in Campbell's Lake; Body recovered
Between 26 to 28 July 1995

David Alan Weir
Died from multiple Injuries sustained from a shark attack; Body recovered
11 September 1995

Dea Opre; body not recovered
Selim; body partially recovered
Died at Condon Creek
24 November 1923

Richard John Lumley
Drowned at Little Pigeon Island; body recovered
24 July 1959

Charles Doggett
Jesse Ward
Toolum
Bodies never recovered
April - May 1887

Genj
Drowned at Sea; Body never recovered
18 April 1904

Edward Bewley (aka Bulay)
Drowned while diving, body recovered
9 March 1885

Edward Tuckett
Drowned; body never recovered
10 May 1890

Ellen Elderly
One-arm Dick
Body of Elderly found on Mackay Island; Unknown cause of death
August 1937

Eero Juhani Tolonen
Drowned at Sea; Body never recovered
30 March 1969

Eldon Stuart Pink (nee Ernest Arthur Upjohn)
Rose May Pink
Drowned at Sea; Body of Rose Pink recovered
25 April 1935

Kamika Akazaki
Unnamed Malay tender
Drowned when boat sank in storm; one body recovered
12 May 1914

Stephen Ernest Tuckey
Ernest (William) Bartley Tuckey
Henry Charles Evans
Drowned at Sea; Body of Stephen Tuckey recovered
3 January 1890

Emil Hellgren
Drowned near Bunbury Jetty; Body recovered
16 October 1929

Deckhand Grove
Fell overboard; body not recovered
March 1866

All hands and 42 passengers lost
Vessel lost; no bodies recovered
3 March 1867

John Arthur Reddell (Master)
Leslie Jack Reddell (Master’s Son)
James (Jim) Taylor (Carpenter/Mate)
Jimmy (Aboriginal Crew)
Ando (Japanese Crew)
Murdered by Mutiny
19 October 1899

Mariano Indelicato
Drowned at Sea; Never Found
27 January 1898

Henry Benjamin "Harry" Halliday
Lost at Sea; Body never recovered
12 September 1911

Ah Kie
Drowned; body not recovered
11 May 1902

John Berger (Jack) Akerstrom
Francis Michael (Frank) Linthorne
Drowned at Sea; Never Found
24 July 1924

Francesco Migliori (Migliore)
Shot dead by a Sentry when approaching with his boat too close to the Prohibition Zone on Rottnest Island
1 December 1914

Frank Hugo Bissenberger (Bass)
John Smith
Lost between Cape Jaubert and Wyndham; found to be murdered
2 December 1920

Fred (Frederick Henry) Tetlow
Drowned in Geraldton Harbour, body recovered
11 August 1956

Frederick Davis
Drowned at Sea; Body never recovered
22 April 1909

Frederick Martin
Drowned at sea; body never recovered
24 November 1899

Fuh Jing Yang
Drowned at Sea; Body never recovered
4 August 1984

Barry Parker
Drowned at sea; Body recovered
31 January 1951

Antony (Ante) Garbin
Andrew (Andrija) Barbich
Drowned at Sea; Body of Garbin recovered
6 July 1911

Karlis Dambitis
Drowned at Sea; Body never recovered
29 November 1967

Charles Henry Wilcock, master
William Smith, mate
Edwarde Kynde, cook
Kingslake, crew
Garrard, crew
Haagen, crew
Haagensen, crew
Joseph Johnston, passenger (only son of Reverend J Johnston)
Henry Chatfield, passenger
George Jones, passenger
William Faulkner, passenger
Drowned aboard the Gem; no bodies recovered
18 May 1876

George Frederick Cant
Drowned in Geraldton Harbour; Body recovered
19 June 1905

George Gellin
Drowned in the Leschenault Estuary; Body recovered and buried in Bunbury Cemetery
24 June 1941

(George) William Frederick Douglas Nelson
Drowned in Geraldton harbour, body recovered
25 June 1952

George Nicholson
Fell overboard; body not recovered
19 October 1867

George Papa Nicholias
Lost at Sea; Body never recovered
14 September 1904

George Raymond Houston
Drowned at Sea; Body never recovered
31 August 1974

George Wear
Drowned at Sea; Body recovered
20 February 1983

Gerrit Van Driel
Lost in Goss Passage, Long Island; body recovered
2 April 1983

Gilbert Beddoes
Died on Rat Island, Abrolhos Islands; body recovered
08 February 1900

Gordon Ambrose Willis
Fell off Busselton Jetty striking his head causing him to drown;
Body recovered
24 April 1905

Arthur Hay
John Matthews
4 Aboriginal Crew Members (Fida, Albert, Peter and Sampi)
Drowned at Sea; Bodies never recovered
10 October 1899

Hanoe Boloe
Died aboard the Merlin; body recovered
14 April 1914

The Harmony

(Hugh) James Hatch
Daniel Brennan
Scott Clark
Janine Callow

Lady Pamela

Gavin Wayne Elliott
(Errol) Ian Jennings
Richard Mariu
Vessels capsized in Cyclone Bobby; Some bodies recovered
25 February 1995

Harold Thomas Saw
Drowned at Sea; Body recovered
12 December 1952

Henry Courtenay
Drowned at Sea; Body Recovered
7 September 1894

Herbert Knowles Tournay
Drowned at Sea; Body never recovered
6 August 1952

Hjalmar "Sonny Boy" Lindquist
Died of lung disease on Rat Island; buried in Geraldton
9 October 1965

Hou Chuin 12
Lost with all 15 crew North of Barrow Island
14 March 1979

Houssein, diver
Murdered, body buried at Wallal
26 December 1896

Alto
Captain Morgan Nelson, master
T.H. [Old Tom] Lucas, mate
W.H. Bartlett, cook
J. Neilsen, crew member
T. Lucas, crew member
Unknown number of pearl boat crew men from Hong Kong
Disappeared at sea, no bodies found
1 March 1920.

Hugh Christie
Killed in a mutiny on board; body recovered
9 November 1872

William Dundee
Drowned; body not recovered
27 October 1910

Hugh William Strain
Drowned near the mouth of the Hay River in the Wilson Inlet; Body recovered
12 July 1933

Ivan Zupan
Collapsed on board; body recovered
11 April 1949

Martin Petersen
Paul (unknown surname)
Drowned at Sea; Bodies never recovered
29 August 1914

Jack Roy Douglass
Drowned in estuary; body recovered
27 May 1926

George Brown and James Duffy
Pakington Whaling Station
Drowned; bodies recovered
29 June 1857

James Meakin
Died aboard; body recovered
12 July 1919

James Tomoto
Drowned at Sea; Body never recovered
9 July 1901

Jamie Todd Stewart
Drowned in boat collision; body not recovered
1 March 1993

Japanese Diver
Killed by sharks, body not recovered
1 June 1895

Jarrod Arthur Hampton
Death by drowning from an uncontrolled ascent
14 April 2012

William Canalli (Connelly)
Drowned at Sea; Found three days later
30 November 1897

John Anderson
Drowned in Geraldton harbour; body recovered
12 April 1903

John Callaghan
Lost overboard; body not recovered
23 August 1890

John Gustof Fredberg
Washed off the vessel near Wooramel; body not recovered
9 March 1903

John Mathiesen (Johny Mathisen)
Struck by a whale tail; body recovered
23 August 1937

John Moran
Drowned in Fremantle Fishing Boat Harbour; Body recovered
6 April 1901

John Patrick Maher
Drowned at Sea; Body never recovered
24 April 1980

John Pritchard Jones
Killed at Yampi Sound; body recovered
24 January 1909

John Shea and Frederick Cooper
Murdered at Yule River; bodies recovered
5 September 1875

Cultural content warning - this story contains content about blackbirding and historical racism. FLatSea attempts to present history as it happened, and we acknowledge some of our history is culturally disturbing to some readers.

Our memorial trail exists to honour our lost fishers and their contribution to our life in Western Australia today. Out of respect for the First Nations People affected by blackbirding, it is our decision to omit the characters in this story from the memorial trail.

John Stevens
Killed by a whale fluke; body not recovered
7 August 1837

Captain John Thomas Brown
Accident on board; body not recovered.
3 January 1890

Joseph Carter
Died aboard; body recovered
1 November 1875

Joseph Maurea
Died aboard the Ethel from cholera
25 February 1882

George Henry Alder
William Francis George Hedge-Thomson
Harry Stewart
Lost at Sea; Bodies never recovered
29 May 1931

Jura (George) Zurinicic (Zurinich)
Missing and presumed drowned at Sea; Body never recovered
30 October 1921

Kalif
Knocked overboard and drowned
23 August 1890

Karium
Murdered; body buried at Cygnet Bay
25 December 1894

Karl Karlssen
Drowned near Bunbury Jetty; Body recovered
14 July 1907

George Matthew Vladich
Gordan Redford Truscott
Jose Goncalves Faria
Drowned at Sea; Never Found
30 December 1961

Kichinosuka (Kich) Minami
Died from consumption and inflammation of the lungs; Body recovered
11 September 1903

Kimberley James Lambert
Disappeared from his boat; body not recovered
9 January 1990

Kristian (Christian) Flagstad
Death by breaking of a “toggle” causing a piece of whale flesh to fall upon him
5 June 1914

Yohanis Balu
Ibrahim Loe
Yunus Modokh
Pice Nalukh
Denis Busu
Panji Balu
Benyamin Pah
Rifan Balu
Ari Arbet Giri
Lost at Sea off Ashmore Reef; Bodies never recovered
18 March 2022

Lars Larsen
Drowned; Never found
12 November 1900

Henry McPherson
Michael Lawson
George Shenton
Mr. Teede
Boat built from the wreck of Africa; All wrecked; All Persons Lost at Sea
23 February 1867

Leon Vincent Liedle
Lost at Sea; Body never recovered
19 August 1949

Leslie Hubert John Miller
Drowned in the Swan River; Body recovered
7 June 1946

John Taylor
Drowned at sea; body never recovered
15 August 1964

Ah Wee
Three Chinese crew members
Lost at sea; bodies not recovered
01 March 1889

George Long
Henry Wood
Captain O'Neil
17 divers and a cook
Drowned at Sea; No bodies found
24 December 1875

Arthur (John) Roberts
Phillip Everatt Hind
Drowned at Sea; Both bodies recovered
20 October 1960

Francis Joseph Newby
Drowned at Sea; Body never recovered
1 April 1978

Luke Anthony Murray
Drowned at Sea; Never Found
15 August 2016

Martti Jooseppi Tolonen
Drowned when his boat was hit by a breaker; body not recovered
17 April 1962

Mark James Inman
Drowned at sea; Body never recovered
25 July 2006

George Barbarich
Mate Parentich
Drowned at Sea; Both buried at Karrakatta Cemetery
16 March 1961

Martin Liljeroth; body recovered
Henry; body not recovered
22 December 1891

Domenico Cappelluti
Mauro Caputi
Giovanni Germinario
Salvatore (Silvio) Marchese
Antonio Marino
Luigi Pittorino
Drowned at Sea; Never Found
1 October 1946

Matthew Forrest
Died aboard the Pearl; body recovered
14 December 1884

Harry Redout
Drowned at Sea; Body never recovered
12 February 1902

Michael John Small
Lost at Sea; Presumed drowned, but homicide not excluded
1 August 2001

Gustave Heel/Hill
Drowned at sea;
Body recovered and buried in Lancelin Sand Dunes
26 January 1915

Alfio Romeo
Ian Robert Collins
Ian Crawford
Lost at sea; Bodies never recovered
3 July 1979

Antonio Cavalea
Drowned at Sea; Body recovered
13 December 1972

The Tender
Muriel
26 November 1913
Drowned; body not recovered

Howard Foale
Drowned at Sea; Body recovered
13 October 1949

Charles Jones
Lost at Sea; Unclear if body was ever recovered
13 June 1901

Leo Kampe
Drowned at sea; Body recovered
28 to 31 December 1975

Nicholas Constantine
Drowned At Sea; Never Found
7 November 1895

Sverre Nilsen
Herbert Percival Willis
Drowned in Koombana Bay; Bodies recovered
18 May 1944

Barry Royce Allen
Ronald Poole
Antonio (Tony) Romasanta-Bazarra
Lost at Sea; Never Found
26 April 1963

Norman Frederickson
Lost overboard; Body never recovered
31 August 1951

Arthur Granlund
Edward Charles Ryles
Lost at Sea; Bodies recovered and buried
End of September 1922

Paolo Carbonaro
Giuseppe Monastra
Salvatore Monastra
Drowned at Sea; Buried at Fremantle Cemetery
16 December 1969

Mark Francis Foster
Drowned when boat capsized; body not recovered
1 April 1983

Patrick John Sullivan
Drowned in the Swan River; Body recovered
29 January 1913

Leonard Arthur Farmer
Charles Oliver Lyons
Alfred Roy Bromfield
Ronald Frederick Stott
Drowned at Sea; Never Found
9 February 1946

Pemberton Walcott
Died aboard his vessel, buried in Broome
14 July 1883

Five unnamed crew members
Died of scurvy, buried on Dirk Hartog Island
15 March 1841

M Desally, second mate and five unnamed crew members
Drowned in a storm; bodies not recovered
15 June 1841

Petar Bozidar Butko
Drowned at Sea; Never found
16 December 1968

Peter Andreas Gundersen
Drowned in Fremantle Harbour; Body recovered
24 June 1903

Peter "Gus" Johnson
Died at Pelsart Island of "heat apoplexy"
14 December 1905

Pieter Weltevreden
Drowned at Sea; Never found
2 December 1930

Pilus bin Jamiroi
Died from the bends; body recovered
3 December 1962

Arsad Saleh
Salman Kawak Jalanting
Safarudin Jalating
Harno Acing
Muhammad Yamin
Puling
Rendi
Junias Laifoy
Juven Rissi
Lost at Sea off Rowley Shoals as a result of Tropical Cyclone Ilsa
12 April 2023

Ah Ming
Lost when boat wrecked; body not recovered
23 October 1891

Andrew Scott
William Roddick
Drowned at Sea; Bodies never recovered
13 June 1887

Hans Rasmussen
James Henry Morris
Drowned at sea; Bodies recovered
28 October 1899

Thomas Katnic
Antun (Anthony) Yanko (Jack) Kosic
Tony Sardelic
Drowned at Sea; Bodies never recovered
26 June 1923

Raymond Doneo
Dragged over the side by a cray rope; body recovered
22 April 1989

Mason Laurence Carter
Chad Alan Fairley
Murray Allan Turner
Drowned at Sea; Body of Murray Turner recovered
11 July 2015

Richard Arthur Hancock
Fell overboard; Body never recovered
18 November 1945

Richard (Dick) Johnson
Drowned in Koombana Bay; Body recovered
10 August 1944

Richard Peter Bisley
Pearl Farm Diver taken by a shark
21 November 1993

James Rickinson
Challoner Shenton
Bodies buried at murder site
29 May 1885

Bob (Robert Edwin) Green
Drowned at Sea; Body recovered
6 May 1976

Robert John Gray
Presumed Lost at Sea; Body never recovered
1 May 1917

Robert Shea and Samuel Miller
Murdered at Muccan Station; body recovered
5 September 1872

Content warning - this story contains content about blackbirding and historical racism. FLatSea website administrators attempt to present history as it happened, and we acknowledge some of our history is culturally disturbing to some readers.

Our memorial trail exists to honour our lost fishers, the important part they played in the development of our fishing industry, and their contribution to our life in Western Australia today. It is our decision to omit the characters in this story from the memorial trail.

Roger Nunn William Bligh
Heart Attack at Sea; Body recovered
25 November 1943

Captain John Vincent
Mate John Beaty
5 unidentified crew members
George Fisher
Robert Ramsay
Thomas [Tom] Ralston
Henry Palmer
Harley Landor
M.A. Fogalstrom
Constable Bogue, his wife and three children
Lost at sea; bodies never recovered
24 January 1879

Charles Doust
Yu Sing
Drowned when boat wrecked in a cyclone; bodies not recovered
1 December 1885

"Sam"
Drowned at Sea; Unclear if body ever recovered
21 April 1896

Roy Percival Cuthbert
Drowned at Sea; Body never recovered
9 March 1969

John Tapper
Nelson Henry Cook
1 deckhand
3 Aboriginal divers
Lost with the vessel; bodies not recovered
6 March 1882

Sakamoto Hatrikichi
Murdered, body recovered
18 December 1904

Sam Lazenby; body recovered
Joe Murray; body not recovered
Killed at Bedun Island
5 August 1871

Charcoal Mullandaridgee
Tommy Mullandee
Executed for murder
15 February 1872

Samadora
Drowned in cyclone; body not recovered
26 April 1908

Pietro (Peter) Vinci
Drowned at Sea; Never Found
29 April 1926

Strahinja "Stan" Stojanovic
Margaret MacLean
Tania MacLean
Ann Wischusen
Disappeared; no bodies recovered
11 January 1971

Master Letchftord
Four Europeans
Three First Nations Ngarla men
20 Malayan men
All souls lost; no remains recovered
3 February 1873

William Reuben Gibson
Stanley Ernest Gibson
Leonard Brigham
Drowned at Sea; Body of William Reuben Gibson recovered
19 April 1931

Axel Hansen
Albert Anderson
Oscar Anderson
James Gray
Drowned at Sea; Body of Albert Anderson recovered
19 September 1923

James Brent Bickers
Drowned at sea; Body recovered
23 July 1974

Alfie Pearson
Sambo Miller
Drowned when vessel wrecked; bodies recovered
18 February 1921

Bernard Stewart "Stewie" Clarkson
Drowned when vessel sank; body recovered
10 January 1980

Charles Haskell
John Hyde
William Hyde
John Graham
John Petit
Joh Davies
Lost from Settler's whaleboat; two bodies recovered
3 July 1837

John James Smith
George Greenhalgh
Drowned at Sea; Bodies recovered
6 July 1949

Luigi Senni
Julius Valandis
Vasilio Valandis
Lost at Sea; Body of Luigi Senni likely recovered
11 June 1901

Rudolf Ernest Gustav Holtz;
Unknown Dane/Norwegian (Hansen?);
Drowned at sea; Body of Holtz recovered
Left Fremantle on 21 June 1916 and last seen on 5 July 1916

William W. Miles
2 Malay
1 Other Seaman
Disappeared without a trace; never found
Last Seen 25 July 1899

Thomas (Hakawila) Kanaka "Kakanita"
Lost at Sea; Body never recovered
29 July 1905

Isaac Doust
Likely murdered
April 1884

William Sullivan
Clements Kaylor
Drowned at sea; Never Found
14 August 1904

Tatao Hiyomori
Declared missing and drowned; Body never recovered
8 January 1986

Mark Liebglid, murdered 30 August 1905
Charles Hagen, hung for murder on 14 December 1905
Pablo Marquex, hung for murder on 14 December 1905
Simeon Espada, hung for murder on 14 December 1905
Castilla Toledo, drowned in cyclone on 8 December 1908
Sulu, died from heart attack in 1910
Gomez, died by suicide, 1911
Abrahaim Vahl Davis, lost in cyclone on 20 March 1912

Frederick Anderson
Frank Thomas Mohr
Drowned at Sea; Body of Anderson recovered
19 September 1910

Thomas Hollis
Fell overboard and drowned; body recovered
11 April 1888

Thomas O'Grady
Died of heart disease aboard the Gift, body recovered
23 July 1870

Thrasyvalos Eustration
Drowned at sea; Body recovered
28 November 1899

Three unnamed Aboriginal divers
Drowned in a storm, bodies not recovered
16 January 1884

Toby William Jamieson
Drowned at Sea; body never recovered
19 May 2001

Thomas (Tom) Alexander Ure
John George (Jack) Clarke
Drowned while rowing dinghy from Neta to Henry; bodies not recovered
8 July 1914

Toshiyuki Hatakeyama
Declared missing and drowned; Body never recovered
6 August 1979

Trevor Lloyd-Woods
Died at sea from natural causes; body recovered
8 August 1973

Francesco Olivari
Giorgio Lombardi
Marcello Prioli
Lost at Sea; Bodies never recovered
16 August 1925

Essop, diver
Pedro, tender
Maudean, boat hand
Mossa, boat hand
Mary, shell opener
Died in cyclone; bodies not recovered
11 January 1887

Venus
John Williams
23 April 1851
Died aboard wreck, body recovered

Henry (Harry) James Ball
Charles Aslesen
Lost At Sea; Bodies never recovered
21 August 1923

Keith Raymond “Digby” Milner
Richard Owen Williams
Two newsmen killed in light aircraft crash; Bodies recovered
28 November 1960

Vito Spadavecchia
Drowned at Sea; Never Found
28 April 1940

Glen Stanley Williams
Drowned when boat wrecked; body recovered
29 November 1963

Stephen Johnson
Carl Gustav Evert Berg
Lost at sea, Never found
1 October 1949

Warren Jack
Tuna Boat
Accident; body recovered
28 April 2000

Wasyl (Victor) Muran
Drowned at Sea; Body recovered
26 July 1978

"Alligator Joe" Green
Ritchie Mass
Ah Mat
Drowned; bodies recovered
10 January 1894

Matteo Cipriani
Drowned at Sea; Body recovered
4 July 1903

Frederick Benjamin Beauglehole
Kevin Edward Williams
Drowned at sea; Never found
29 August 1984

William Watson
Charles Gill
Dennis Connor
E. Shadwell
20 Aboriginal divers from Shark Bay
Drowned at Sea; One body found
24 December 1875

William Arthur North
Drowned in Torbay Inlet; Body recovered
12 September 1972

William Brooker
Drowned; body recovered and buried at Cossack
15 December 1898

William Ross
Jumped overboard; body not recovered
23 December 1889

Captain John Thomas Brown
Accident on board; body not recovered
3 January 1890

William Stuart
Died of sunstroke; body recovered
13 January 1890

William Skillan
Drowned at Sea; Body recovered
December 1881

William Stuart
Died of sunstroke; body recovered.
13 January 1890

William Thomas
Fell overboard; body not recovered
1 June 1886

Winston Peter Sweeting
Drowned at Sea; Body recovered
3 May 1971

Yaritosai Tomioka
Declared missing and drowned by suicide; Body never recovered
5 October 1972