ATKINSON, Horace Reiby Elliott
| Service Number: | 6174 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 November 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | No. 1 Engineering School Ascot Vale |
| Born: | Southport, Queensland, Australia, 11 December 1905 |
| Home Town: | Indooroopilly, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mechanic |
| Died: | Died of Illness, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 31 May 1940, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia CE area. Sect U, Row 30.Grave 5.2 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 13 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 6174, Richmond, New South Wales | |
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| 13 Nov 1939: | Enlisted 6174 | |
| 14 Nov 1939: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 6174 | |
| 31 May 1940: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 6174, No. 1 Engineering School Ascot Vale, Empire Air Training Scheme |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Horace Reiby Elliott ATKINSON was born on 11th December, 1905 in Southport, Queensland
His parents were James Percival ATKINSON & Margaret Louise ELLIOTT who had married on 20th October 1897 in St Pauls Church, Ipswich - his father James died in 1936 in Queensland
He enlisted in Richmond, NSW on 13th November, 1939 with the Royal Australian Air Force - his posting at his death was 1 Engineering School, Ascot Vale in Victoria
Horace collapsed & died at work at the No. 1 RAAF Engineering Schol at the Showground on 31st May, 1940
He is buried in Williamstown General Cemetery & also commemorated at the Australian War Memorial & listed in The Australian Book of Remembrance in the ACT (Commonwealth War Graves)
Trove article
Flight mechanic dies at work in Melbourne Friday. Soon after he had complained of feeling ill whle working at No. 1 RAAF Engineering school at the Showgrounds yesterday, Horace Atkinson, a flight mechanic who came from Brisbane collapsed & died
Trove article - Courier Mail, Brisbane, 5th June 1940
Deaths: Horace Atkinson on 31st May, 1940 at Melbourne, youngest son of Mrs. Atkinson and the late J.P .Atkinson, York St, Indooroopilly
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