TENTERDEN, is a town located 328 km south-east of Perth in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The townsite is located on one of the sidings on the Great Southern Railway line. The siding was established in 1891 and shortly afterward the government made land available for agricultural purposes in the area. The town was gazetted in 1893 and is named after a town in Kent.


All the names listed here are taken from headstones at the Tenterden Cemetery and the official Burial Register held at the Shire of Cranbrook Council offices and were compiled by JENNY BRANDIS

the original list can be seen here with more info for each person


TENTERDEN CEMETERY South West, Western Australia

BAKER, Frederick William aged 69 yrs Interred 21 Dec 1927

BAKER, Mary Ann aged 70 yrs Interred 16 Aug 1938

BELL, Robert aged 23 yrs Interred 23 Oct 1927

BETTS, Hannah aged 93 yrs Interred 21 Oct 1960

BETTS, John (Jack) aged 75 yrs Interred 30 Jun 1986

BETTS, William Thomas 1868-1950 - 8 Jun 1950

BIGWOOD, Richard MacLennan 1930-1984 - Interred 28 Jul 1984

BROWN, George Kershaw 17th August 1946 aged 86 years

BROWN, Lily Hannah died 3rd August 1950 aged 78 years

CAMPBELL, Janet died 29.1.1972 aged 26 yrs

CAVANAGH, Herbert Percival aged 77 yrs Interred 28 Jul 1977

CAVANAGH, Sarah Eva Lena aged 84 yrs burial 18 Oct 1988

CLAPIN, Frank Robert aged 44 yrs Interred 16 May 1978

CLAPIN, Harold E. aged 67 yrs Interred 1 Jul 1967

CLIMIE, Bessie aged 85 yrs Interred 17 Apr 1972

CLIMIE, Eliza aged 82 yrs 11 May 1920

CLIMIE, Hugh aged 82 yrs 16 Jul 1930

CLIMIE, Hugh Strathdee 1883-1968 Interred 6 Jun 1968

CLIMIE, Nancy Strathdee aged 3 yrs 24 Aug 1922

CRAWFORD, George Hunter aged 81 yrs 16 Jul 1956

CRAWFORD, Harriett Annie aged 92 yrs Interred 10 Jan 1968

DAVIS, Constance Mary aged 86 yrs 13 Jul 1969

DAVIS, Edward V. aged 39 yrs 10 Dec 1947

DAVIS, Evelyn Lucy aged 75 yrs Interred 21 Feb 1989

DAVIS, Thomas Vaughan aged 76 yrs 30 Aug 1943

DAVISON, Francis aged 94 yrs 11 Jun 1952

EDWARDS, Florence Emily aged 57 yrs Interred 10 Nov 1933

EDWARDS, William Henry aged 53 yrs Interred 12 Jun 1929

FINLAY, Richard Affleck aged 51 yrs Interred 20 Dec 1989

GARDINER, De Garis Lancelot aged 6 yrs Interred 21 Jun 1927

GARDINER, Geoffrey George aged 6yrs 5mnths Interred 14 Dec 1938

GARDINER, John aged 8 months Interred 25 Feb 1928

GILLAM, Edward Thomas aged 79 yrs Interred 23 Feb 1929

GILLAM, Florence Sarah aged 68 yrs 21 Jun 1932

GILLAM, John Pretious aged 86 yrs 1 Mar 1946

GILLAM, Roy Meadows aged 34 yrs 12 Sep 1926

GITTINS, Albert aged 88 yrs Interred 7 Jun 1991

GITTINS, Lila Jean Winifred (nee TOOVEY) 1912-1967 - 28 Dec 1967

GREATHEAD, Bryan Kenneth aged 2 yrs Interred 15 Nov 1969

HALL, Arthur Harrison aged 73 yrs Interred 12 May 1986

HERBERT, George aged 85 yrs Interred 4 Jun 1949

HERBERT, Gilbert Evelyn aged 85 yrs Interred 22 Dec 1988

HERBERT, Sarah Cecilia aged 67 yrs Interred 10 Jun 1941

HILL, Elizabeth Keenor aged 76 yrs Interred 23 Apr 1926

HILL, Richard aged 79 yrs Interred 5 Jul 1929

HITCHINS, John F.C. aged 44 yrs 30 Jul 1969

HORDACRE, Eleanor Margaret aged 67 yrs Interred 22 Oct 1968

HORDACRE Leslie Garfield 1891-1967

HORDACRE, John aged 69 yrs Interred 14 Nov 1982

HORDACRE, Joan aged 76 yrs Interred 7 Oct 1988

HORDACRE, Leslie Garfield aged 76 yrs Interred 14 Mar 1967

HORDACRE, Oswald Edmund aged 84 yrs 2 Apr 1964

HUCKER, Archibald Phillip George aged 80 yrs 1978

IRVING, Margaret Lottie aged 44 yrs 21 Oct 1924

IRVING, William aged 83 yrs 22 May 1955

LAUGHLAN, Matthew aged 33 yrs Interred 5 Nov 1959

LUNT, Stanley Garfield 16th Aug 1908 - 5th Jan 1909

MARLEY, William Edward aged 22 yrs 22 May 1925

MARSHALL, Claris Lily Teresa 'Tessie' (nee TOOVEY) aged 85 9 Jun 1988

MENGLER, Hermann George aged 68 yrs Interred 17 Sep 1952

MENGLER, Lilly Wilhelmina aged 93 yrs 26 Jan 1979

MITCHELL, Thelma Frances aged 60 yrs 15 Jan 1991

NEILSON, Fredrick Henry aged 56 yrs Interred 29 Jul 1948

O'BOURNE, Mary Gertrude aged 32 yrs Interred 3 Aug 1970

OSBORNE, Adeline Maria Lush aged 80 yrs 23 Jul 1941

OSBORNE, Frederick William August 21st 1936 aged 78 years

PALMER, Ann aged 71 yrs 3 May 1928

PALMER, Frederick Hall aged 35 yrs 10 Oct 1932

PALMER, John Bamfield aged 77 yrs 4 Dec 1932

PALMER, John Banbury aged 77 yrs 4 Dec 1932

PARKER, Kenneth Samuel aged 4 yrs 4 Sep 1927

PARSONS, Ashley Daniel aged 6 weeks 6 days 7 May 1986

PARSONS, Brian Clifford aged 43 yrs 15 Jun 1989

PARSONS, Henry H. aged 91 yrs Interred 20 Nov 1973

PARSONS, Ian Russell aged 34 yrs 30 Apr 1990

PARSONS, Rebecca aged 90 yrs 2 May 1984

PARSONS, Stella May aged 60 yrs 11 May 1984

PATTINSON, Helen Mary aged 36 yrs Interred 22 Nov

PEARCE, Lloyd George aged 58 yrs Interred 25 Nov 1968

PEARCE, Margary aged 59 yrs Interred 16 Jun 1965

PEARCE, Stanley aged 65 yrs 14 Apr 1967

PERKINS, Ivan Darcey aged 45 yrs Interred 3 Oct 1966

PERKINS, Leslie Samuel C. aged 84 yrs Interred 30 Jan 1970

PRICE, James William aged 90 At rest aged 90 yrs 4 Jul 1936

RATCLIFF, George aged 81 yrs Interred 24 Jan 1922

ROBINSON, Alex aged 1 day Interred 9 Feb 1926

ROBINSON, Floyd aged 74 yrs Interred 11 May 1964

ROBINSON, Murray G. aged 7 months 5 Jun 1946

ROBINSON, Ralph aged 1 day 17 Feb 1926

RODDA, Sophie aged 68 yrs/9 months 25 Jun 1927

RONALD, Andrew (Andy) aged 61 yrs 25 Jun 1925

RONALD, Anne Collier aged 84 yrs 7 Jul 1969

SMITH, Henery John aged 70 yrs Interred 15 Aug 1951

SPRATT, Amelia aged 76 yrs Interred 24 May 1949

SPRATT, Frank Allan aged 86 yrs Interred 12 Jul 1989

SPRATT, Frank England aged 78 yrs Interred 26 May 1955

SPRATT, Maragret Olive aged 80 yrs Interred 2 Oct 1984

STIRLING, Alexander aged 76 yrs 3 Jun 1945

STIRLING, Mary Hannah Louise aged 86 yrs 7 Nov 1947

STUBBER, Raymond Peter aged 2 yrs 2 months Interred 28 Feb 1968

TETLOW, Florence Agnes aged 69 yrs Interred 4 Sep 1920

TOOVEY, Catherine aged 74 yrs Interred 29 Jun 1994

TOOVEY, Doris Elizabeth (nee APPLEBEE) 1910-1981 Interred 4 Apr 1981

TOOVEY, Goerge Pearson aged 81 yrs 21 Oct 1960

TOOVEY, Harriett Rosa aged 47 yrs 14 Dec 1938

TOOVEY, Henry Weir died 6th Aug 1941 Aged 53 years

TOOVEY, William Alfred Raymond aged 84 yrs Interred 12 Sep 1984

TOWNSEND, Florence Mabel aged 66 yrs 29 Oct 1956

TOWNSEND, Frank Honeywood aged 78 yrs 14 Apr 1964

TOWNSEND, Henry James aged 88 yrs 23 Apr 1932

TOWNSEND, Mary aged 79 yrs 21 Oct 1928

TUFNELL, Elenor Mary aged 83 yrs Interred 27 Jul 1978

TUFNELL, Hannah aged 58 yrs Interred 9 Sep 1919

TUFNELL, John aged 66 yrs Interred 3 Nov 1964

TUFNELL, William aged 92 yrs Interred 13 Jul 1955

WALTER, Kathleen aged 22 yrs 7 Jun 1924

WILKINSON, Charles Walter aged 14 yrs 1 Mar 1925

WILKINSON, Doris Clara aged 75 yrs 8 Jun 1969

WILKINSON, Walter James aged 81 yrs 2 Sep 1952

WILLS-JOHNSON, Frederick aged 69 yrs 5 Nov 1931

WORNUM, Edward 1857-1931 aged 73 years. Harriett

WORNUM 1881-1977 aged 73 yrs Interred Mar 1931

WORNUM, Edward Alan aged 71 yrs Interred 5 Oct 1983

WORNUM, Harriet Selina aged 96 yrs Interred 29 Aug 1977

WORNUM, Jack Townsend aged 82 yrs 4 Dec 1990

WORNUM, Vera Maude 1915-1983 aged 68 yrs