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Norman Reginald Gemmell RANKINE

Norman Reginald Gemmell RANKINE

Male 1885 - 1952  (66 years)

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  • Name Norman Reginald Gemmell RANKINE 
    Born 19 Jun 1885  Belalie Hindmarsh Island SA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Military Service 1939-1945  WWII Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    RANKINE NORMAN REGINALD GEMMELL Enlisted Wayville West SA ServiceNo:S2608 : Date of birth - 19 Jun 1885 : Place of birth - JAMESTOWN SA : Next of Kin - RANKINE ROSE
    SERIES:B884 CONTROL SYMBOL:S2608 Access status: OpenLocation: Canberra 1939 - 1948 UNYET SCANNED&TRANSCRIBED 
    Cause of death 23 May 1952  Blackwood SA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Fell From Moving Train At the inquest yesterday into the death of Norman Reginald Gemmell Rankine. 66. prices investigator, of Sturt Avenue Blackwood. the City Coroner (Mr. T. E Cleland said that Rankine fell while alighting from a moving train at Blackwood station on May 13. Some of the wheels of the train had passed over him causing multiple injuries from which he died
    Death May 23 1952 Blackwood Trai Station/Adelaide Hospital SA Burial 26 May 1952 Centennial Park Cemetery Adelaide SA
     
    Died 23 May 1952  Blackwood SA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Buried 26 May 1952  Adelaide SA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I-9257  Christina and Donald McLean
    Last Modified 9 Nov 2021 

    Father William (jnr) RANKINE,   b. 16 Apr 1837, Dalblair Ayrshire Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Nov 1889, Belalie Hindmarsh Island SA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Relationship -3139 
    Mother Fanny Maxwell JAFFREY,   b. 1855, Adelaide SA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Aug 1950, Fullarton SA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years) 
    Relationship -3139 
    Married 18 Aug 1870  Hindmarsh Island SA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8
    Family ID F-3135  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rose Marie HOLTHOUSE 
    Married 22 Oct 1919  Kapunda SA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10
    Last Modified 29 Jun 2021 21:41:27 
    Family ID F-3123  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Headstones

    NORMAN RANKINE of 1ST AND 2ND AIF & FATHER OF REG (DEC'D 2ND AIF) & Beloved husband of ROSE MARIE (HOLTHOUSE) DECEASED 23 MAY 1952 AND HIS WIFE ROSE MARIE DIED 7.7.1973

  • Sources 
    1. [S-75] BDM SA, https://www.genealogysa.org.au requires log in , 24 Jun 2021 Researcher Lorna Mclean.
      Norman Reginald Gemmell Rankine Birth June 19 1885 Belalie SA Death May 23 1952 Blackwood, Adelaide, SA Hit by train Burial:Centennial Park Cemetery, Adelaide SA


    2. [S-117] National Archive of Australia Military Records, https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ListingReports/ItemsListing.aspx, 25 Jun 2021 Researcher Lorna McLean.
      not transcribe by NAA to date. Entry is all that is available at present. HOWEVER states his place of birth JAMESTOWN and SAGHS states his birth as Belalie, 7km to the east of Jamestown SA

    3. [S-113] NEWSPAPER TROVE Adelaide Advertiser SA, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/47391172?searchTerm=%22rankine%22%20hit%20by%20train, 25 Jun 2021 Researcher Lorna McLean.
      Mr. Rankine,a passenger on the last train from Adelaide to Bridgewater, is believed to have fallen under the train as he attempted to leave as it was pulling out of Blackwood Station.

    4. [S-75] BDM SA, https://www.genealogysa.org.au requires log in , 24 Jun 2021 Researcher Lorna Mclean.
      Norman Reginald Gemmell Rankine Birth June 19 1885 Belalie SA Death May 23 1952 Blackwood train station, Adelaide?Hospital SA Australia Burial Centennial Park, Cemetery, Adelaide.South Australia


    5. [S-75] BDM SA, https://www.genealogysa.org.au requires log in , 24 Jun 2021 Researcher Lorna Mclean.
      Norman Reginald Gemmell Rankine Birth June 19 1885 Belalie, South Australia Death May 23 1952 Blackwood, Adelaide SA Australia Hit by train Burial Centennial Park, Cemetery, Adelaide.South Australia


    6. [S-177] SHIPPING - Dianne Cunningham - 'Bound for South Australia', http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/BeginningYourJourney.htm., SHIPPING - Dianne Cunningham - 'Bound for South Australia', 23 Feb 2021 Researcher Lorna McLean.
      Jane arrived on FAIRVIEW with husband William Rankine. 30.4.1839

    7. [S-75] BDM SA, https://www.genealogysa.org.au requires log in , 24 Apr 2021 Researcher Lorna Mclean.
      RANKINE Given Names:William son of Parents:Wm. & Jane nee PATERSON Birth 15.4.1837 Dalblair AYR SCT. Death 2.11.1889 Sth Belalie SA. Burial Strathalbyn SA. Arr SA 1839 FAIRFIELD. Religion Presb.Occupation:Farmer reesidence:Hindmarsh Island, Sth Belalie. Spouse(s):Harriet Alicia BEEVOR (18.8.1870 Hindmarsh Island SA). Fanny Maxwell JAFFREY (1.2.1883 Adelaide SA)


    8. [S-245] Warren McLean - ID 1506 - family tree on MyHeritage, my heritage (with a log in), 25 Jun 2021 Researcher Lorna McLean.
      Fanny Maxwell Rankine (born Jaffrey) Birth 1855 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Marriage to: William Rankine
      Aug 18 1870 Hindmarsh Island, South Australia, Australia
      Death Aug 26 1950 Fullarton, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Burial North Brighton, South Australia, Australia

    9. [S-75] BDM SA, https://www.genealogysa.org.au requires log in , 25 Jun 2021 Researcher Lorna McLean.
      RANKINE ONLY CHILD RANKINE Given Names: Reginald Gemmell Date of Birth: 13-Nov-1921 Gender:M Father:Norman Reginald Gemmell RANKINE Mother:Rose Marie HOLTHOUSE
      Birth Residence: Tumby Bay District: Flinders SA Book/Page:86A/587

    10. [S-75] BDM SA, https://www.genealogysa.org.au requires log in , 25 Jun 2021 Researcher Lorna McLean.
      RANKINE Norman Reginald Gemmell Bride Surname: HOLTHOUSE Bride Given Names:Rose Marie Marriage Date:22-Oct-1919 Marriage Place:Christ Church Kapunda SA Groom Age:34 Groom Marital Status:S Groom Father:William RANKINE Bride Age:28 Bride Marital Status:S Bride Father:Henry Arthur Scrafton HOLTHOUSE District:KapundaSA Book/Page: 281/312