ELLIOTT, Ronald Thomas
| Service Number: | 5676 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 January 1915, Mildura, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Linden, NSW, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Accidental Drowning, Red Cliffs, Vic., 23 December 1927 |
| Cemetery: |
Mildura (Nichols Point) Public Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Irymple State School No 3174 Roll of Honor, Mildura Cenotaph, Mildura Presbyterian Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5676, 8th Infantry Battalion, Mildura, Vic. | |
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| 3 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 5676, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 5676, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Mrs M E Elliott, Pine Avenue, Mildura, Victoria
An inquiry into the circumstances of the death on December 23 of Ronald Thomas (Curly) Elliott, of block 353, was held by Mr. R.R. Skeat, J.P., on December 24. Mrs. Isabella Inglis Elliott, widow of deceased, testified that about 4.30 pm on December 23 she had gone on a message to Mrs. Eastwood, and on her return to her home she found that her husband, with howm she had been in conversation only a few minutes previously, was missing. She had thought her husband's disappearance strange, adn with Mrs. Eastwood searched for him. After a time she had notices that the box that was usally on the opening of the underground tank had been moved. Mrs. Eastwood had then called a passer-by, who had probed the tank with a stick. Something had been felt in the bottom of the tank, and she had been sure that it was her husband's body. The police at Red Cliffs where then communicated with. Her husband had not been well for a long time.
Mrs. Lillian Isobel Eastwood stated that it could not have been more than two minutes from the time that she saw deceased, who had previously called out a gretting to her, move from the position in which he had been seated until she and Mrs. Elliott began searching for him. Both she and her husband had seen deceased frequently during the last few months and had never heard him express any suicidal intentions. Deceased had been at her palce about four o'clock on the day of his death. Although he had had a few drinks, he had been normal and amused himself by playing the gramophone.
Constable J.A. Sleath, of the Red Cliffs police station, said that, following a telephone message, he drove to the block and after searching about in the tank for a minute had located the body of the deceased, which had been removed from the water by means of a hook attached to a pole. The heart's action had stopped and in his opinion, the body had been in the tank for half an hour. He had tried artificial respiration without finding any signs of life.
Dr. H.N. Zimmer testified that the death was due to drowning. The finding recorded was that deceased's death was due to accidental drowining, there being no evidence to indicate precisely how the occurance took place.
The deceased was 33 years old, and was born in Milduray, his parents being Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Elliott, of Mildura. He had four children whose ages range from thirteen months to eight years.
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