DEACON, Charles
| Service Number: | 4800 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 January 1916, Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Bright, Victoria, Australia, 1880 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Accidental (Drowning), Australia, 22 March 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Wes. AA. 70. (GRM/6). |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4800, Reception / Reinforcements / Personnel Depots, Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 22 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4800, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
DEATH OF A SOLDIER.
ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED.
In the Perth Public Hospital yesterday before Mr. F. W. Collett, J.P., acting coroner, and a jury, an inquest was held concerning the death of Charles Deacon, a soldier, who was drowned in the Swan river at Belmont on Wednesday morning. Richard Davis, a member of the Expeditionary Forces, stationed at Belmont, said that he left Perth for Belmont in the 6.10 a.m. train on Wednesday, having been on leave of absence He met Deacon on the train. They went to the Ascot Hotel, but could not get a drink. Deacon, however, had a cup of tea. They then proceeded to the river. The witness went in first and Deacon followed. They got out some distance, and were returning, Deacon being in the rear. When the witness reached the springboard he looked round, and saw Deacon's hands just above the water. He (the witness) thought that Deacon was only trying to find the depth. When Deacon did not appear after some time, the witness got anxious, and went out to try to locate the body. He could not do so, and he reported the matter at the Ascot Hotel. The witness located the body afterwards, and Mr. Matheson, the licensee of the hotel, brought it ashore. The deceased had been drinking on the previous night but was not drunk. Deacon, who was a good swimmer, was about 30 years of age. Dr. Barker, of the hospital, said that he made a post-mortem examination, and as a result he came to the conclusion that death was due to drowning, asphyxia, and heart failure. The man might have got cramps in the muscles. The jury returned a verdict of accidental drowning.