Richard Neville ELLISON-ROWE b. 17 Aug 1912 Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia d. 8 Jan 1940 Carpenter Rocks, South Australia, Australia: Colston & Wenck families in Australia

1912 - 1940 (27 years)

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Name	Richard Neville ELLISON-ROWE
Birth	17 Aug 1912	Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia [1]
Gender	Male
Occupation	Fisherman
Death	8 Jan 1940	Carpenter Rocks, South Australia, Australia [2, 3]
	Cause: Drowned when his boat capsized
	Richard Neville aged 27 years married of Carpenter Rocks died 8th January 1940 at Carpenter Rocks, Distict Gilbert son of Cuthbert Neville Ellison-Rowe reference book 621 page 944 MAN DROWNED IN SOUTH-EAST Thrilling Rescue Of Young Stepbrother WIFE WITNESSES TRAGEDY Fisherman's Boat Capsizes MOUNT GAMBIER, January 8. Neville Ellison-Rowe, 27, married, a Cape Banks fisherman, was drowned, and his young stepbrother, Ralph Ellison-Rowe, 14, of Port MacDonnell, had a narrow escape when their boat capsized in heavy seas at Carpenter's Rocks today. Neville Ellison-Rowe's wife witnessed the tragedy. Up to a late hour tonight Neville Ellison-Rowe's body had not been recovered. The boy was removed to his home, where he is suffering from shock. Accompanied by his stepbrother, Neville Ellison-Rowe was fishing off Johnson Reef about a mile from the beach at Carpenter's Rocks. It is recognised as a dangerous point, and there was a strong southerly swell. A man named Shelton noticed that the 14-ft. boat, which had the sail erected had capsized, and he raced to where several other fishermen were working on a boat. Four men Percy Fish (28), Colin Wilson (30), Kelvin Clifton Taylor(39), and Alf Wilson launched a flat-bottomed boat and prepared to go to the rescue, but the boat would not hold four, and the lastnamed jumped out. With two men pulling on the oars and a third bailing frantically, the fishermen eventually reached the upturned fishing boat, to which young Ellison-Rowe was still clinging but in imminent danger of being washed off by the heavy seas. Rope Thrown The rescuers were able to manoeuvre their boat through the breakers until a rope could be thrown to the boy, and he was instructed to tie it around his waist, and with difficulty he was hauled into the other boat on the point or collapse. Ten minutes' search failed to reveal any sign of Neville Ellison-Rowe and Ralph was taken back to the beach for attention. Neville Ellison-Rowe was a good swimmer, but it is believed that he was struck by the mast when the boat capsized. Mounted-Constables R. W. Noblet, of Mount Gambler, and A. J. West, of Port MacDonnell, with the deceased's father, went to Carpenter's Rocks. Ralph Neville-Rowe was too ill to give any coherent account of the tragedy. The deceased was a son of Mr. R. N. Ellison-Rowe, head keeper of the Cape Northumberland lighthouse. He has left a widow, and a daughter, aged two years. He was reputed to be a good boatman. Eye-witnesses highly praised the courageous rescue by the three fishermen. The Advertiser, Tuesday 9 January 1940, Page 12 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35659359
Person ID	I7414	Colston & Wenck families in Australia
Last Modified	28 Sep 2010

Father	Cuthbert Neville ELLISON-ROWE, b. Abt 1883 d. 30 Mar 1966, Edithvale, Victoria, Australia (Age 83 years)
Mother	Emily Louisa Gina "Louisa" BOUCHER, b. 1894, Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia d. 28 Jan 1924, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia (Age 30 years)
Marriage	3 Sep 1910	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Family ID	F5147	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	Myrtle SIMS, b. 28 Sep 1914, Glencoe, South Australia, Australia d. Yes, date unknown
Marriage	24 Oct 1936	Glencoe, South Australia, Australia [4]
Family ID	F5148	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	12 Oct 2009

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	Birth - 17 Aug 1912 - Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
	Marriage - 24 Oct 1936 - Glencoe, South Australia, Australia
	Death - Cause: Drowned when his boat capsized - 8 Jan 1940 - Carpenter Rocks, South Australia, Australia

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[S440] South Australian Births 1907-1928, (SAGS), District Code: PtA, Book: 892 Page: 173.
[S446] Ancestry UK message board, Message by Heather "Neville Ellison-Rowe, Australia" http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/surnames.ellison/1574/mb.ashx?pnt=1, posted 5 Jan 2007.
[S342] National Library of Australia, Australian Newspapers, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35659359.
[S441] South Australian Marriages, Registrations 1917-1937, (SAGS), District: Gre, Book/Page: 372/4118.