Ritchie, George

Date of Birth	1906-07-19
Date of Death	1924-04-18
Age	17
Birth Place	Australia, Victoria, Melton
Died During Service	Yes

Service Details

Service	RAN - Royal Australian Navy
Date of Entry	1922-07-19
Rank	Ordinary Seaman
Official Number	13529
Discharged Date	1924-04-18
Discharge Type	DD - Discharged Dead
Discharge Notes	Murdered onboard HMA Ship Brisbane (I)
Service Period	1922-1924
Service Record	Yes
Ship	Brisbane (I) HMAS , Tingira HMAS

Other Details

Tingira

Yes

Cemetery Details

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Cemetery Name	Rookwood Cemetery, Rookwood NSW 2141
Cemetery Address	Rookwood, NSW
Demonination/Area	Catholic Mortuary 1
Section	TT (Naval)
Row	1
Grave Number	12
Grave Type	Burial - Grave

Notes

Murdered in his bunk onboard HMAS Brisbane, subject to Coroners Inquest and Naval Inquiry. See also George Brown The Naval Graves Project was able to arrange the erection of a Headstone 98 years after George Ritchie's Death facilitated by the Office of Australian War Graves. ABC

Sources

• Service Record Australian National Archive
• Naval Board Records Inquiry into Death
• Two Proud Ships: HMAS Brisbane (I) and HMAS Brisbane (II)
• Cruiser Tragedy (Illustrated) - The Herald (Melb) Sat 19 Apr 1924 page 1
• Brutal Murder on HMAS Brisbane - Daily telegraph Sat 19 Apr 1924 page 7
• Daily Herald (Adelaide, SA : 1910 - 1924) Sat 19 Apr 1924 Page 2 DREADFUL DEATH
• Murdered on Cruiser (Illustrated) - The Sun Mon 21 Apr 1924 page 9
• Seaman Murdered - The Week (Bris) Fri 25 Apr 1924 page 18
• The Brisbane Tragedy, Young Seaman Buried- Daily Telegraph Mon 21 Apr 1924 page 5
• The Last Post (Funeral Illustrated) - Daily Telegraph Mon 21 Apr 1924 page 5
• Coroners Findings Sydney Morning Herald Tuesday 6 May 1924 page 10
• Naval Court of Inquiry Findings - The Age Thurs 5 Jun 1924 page 13

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