Monument list
| no. | family surname | full name | birth year | age | burial year | image name | GPR ref. | view no. | request no. | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cancan | Cancan | 1858 | 32 | 1890 | no image | 899526 | 10 | 1 | (A good man and true) Died June 21 , 1890. Aged 32 years. A pearl diver. |
| 2 | Jardine | Francis Jardine | 1919 | id: 4804 (4 images) | 899523 | 11 | 1 | Died 18th March 1919. Loving husband to Sana Jardine. Dedicated son to Elizabeth and John Jardine. Brother to alexander , John , elizabeth , Catherine and Charles. Loving fathe to Alice Maule Lascelles , Hew Cholmondeley , Bertie Bootle Arthur Lascelles and Elizabeth (Jacki) Hamilton Sanan Lascelles Jardine | ||
| 3 | Jardine | Sana Jardine | 1923 | id: 4802 (5 images) | 899522 | 17 | 1 | Died 21 September 1923. Loving Mother of her Children Alice Maule Lascelles , Hew Cholmondeley , Bertie Bootle Arthur Lascelles and Elizabeth (Jacki) Hamilton Sana Lascelles Jardine. Wife to Francis Lascelles Jardine. Sana was a Samoan Princess , niece of King Malietoa. Daughter of Missionaries of Melanesian and Polynesian decent | ||
| 4 | Kobori | Ichimatsu Kobori | 1909 | no image | 899525 | 8 | 1 | Meiji Forty Two (forty second year of the Emperor Meiji - Spring of 1909) Ichimatsu was a Japanese pearl diver. | ||
| 5 | Peter | Mekere Peter | 1946 | 70 | 2016 | id: 4820 (4 images) | 899528 | 19 | 1 | 06/05/1946 - 19/06/2016. Also buried in this little cemetery are Indigenous ancestral remains are buried after being retrieved from the German Charity Medical University in Berlin |
| 6 | Saich | John Saich | 1865 | id: 4808 (2 images) | 899524 | 25 | 1 | In Memory of the Royal Light Infantry Garrison , Somerset 1864 - 1867 and the R.M.L.I. Detachment H.M.S. Salamander. Dedicated to the fallen brothers' in arms. DOW - Garrison | ||
| Edith Kate Haran | 1866 | The Royal Navy surgeon T.J. Haran infant daughters who died at Somerset while posted on Garrison. DOD 26 March 1866. | ||||||||
| Mary Josephine Haran | 1865 | The Royal Navy surgeon T.J. Haran infant daughters who died at Somerset while posted on Garrison. DOD 24 April 1865. | ||||||||
| George Tucker | 1866 | In Memory of the Royal Light Infantry Garrison , Somerset 1864 - 1867 and the R.M.L.I. Detachment H.M.S. Salamander. Dedicated to the fallen brothers' in arms. Died of wounds - Garrison | ||||||||
| Edward Wigfall | 1865 | In Memory of the Royal Light Infantry Garrison , Somerset 1864 - 1867 and the R.M.L.I. Detachment H.M.S. Salamander. Dedicated to the fallen brothers' in arms. 1965 - Salamander. | ||||||||
| George Winter | 1867 | In Memory of the Royal Light Infantry Garrison , Somerset 1864 - 1867 and the R.M.L.I. Detachment H.M.S. Salamander. Dedicated to the fallen brothers' in arms. 1867 - DOD - Salamander. | ||||||||
| 7 | Vidgen | Gordon Vidgen | 1962 | id: 4800 (4 images) | 899521 | 21 | 1 | Here lies Gordon Vidgen. True son of the North. Always remembered by his Wife and Children. Died 29th december 1962. ship's Captian of the M.V. Brolga. | ||
| Herbert Somerset Vidgen | 1973 | Boy's ashes were laid to rest along side of his brother Cholmondeley Gordon Vidgen….by members of the Torres Strait Pilot Services. Prime Minister Joseph Lyons congralulated Boy for yhe construction of the first Landing ground at Fly Point , Somerset , Cape York noting I would like you to know that your work is highly appreciated by the Commonwealth 9th April 1932. | ||||||||
| Lose | 1872 | And her second Husband , Pastor Lose of the London Missionary Society , buried on Naghir Island February 1872 | ||||||||
| Solia Lose | 1901 | This plaque is also decidicated to the memory of Sana Jardine's Mother , solia , who served as interpreter to reverend A.W. Murray. Laid to rest in 1901. | ||||||||
| 8 | Vidgen | Herbert Somerset Vidgen | 1901 | 72 | 1973 | id: 4818 (4 images) | 899527 | 32 | 1 | Born Somerset 21 Aug 1901. Died Brisbane 16 Aug 1973. Eldest Son of Capt Herbert Graham Vidgen and Alice Maule Lascelles Jardine. Grandson of Frank Lascelles Jardine , original explorer. Pioneer and Government resident of Somerset. Married Sister Werna Reid , Matron of Thursday Island Hospital , 14 March 1936........Erected by his loving Wife Werna and Sons Graham , John and Bruce Vidgen. This momument is a short distance from the other plaque in the Jardine Cemetery and is next to the site of where the Jardine Family homestead once stood. |
| Herbert Graham Vidgen | ||||||||||
| Frank Lascelles Jardine | ||||||||||
| Werna Reid | ||||||||||
| Alice Maule Lascelles Jardine | ||||||||||
| Bruce Reid | ||||||||||
| Graham Reid | ||||||||||
| John Reid | ||||||||||
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Above are the names that appear on the photographs or records held by the GPR for Heritage Cemetery, Somerset Bay, Queensland, Australia.
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The postcode for this cemetery is 4876 - if you have a GPS this might be useful to locate this cemetery!
The view statistics shown above are from when the cemetery was added on 30 August 2021.