Cyril Roy RANKIN DCM

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RANKIN, Cyril Roy

Service Numbers:	1399, 4138
Enlisted:	13 March 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	4th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Rotorua, New Zealand, 1892
Home Town:	Neutral Bay, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engineering
Died:	Accidental (poisoning), Orange, New South Wales, Australia, 20 April 1933
Cemetery:	Orange General Cemetery, New South Wales RC Old B(L) 482
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World War 1 Service

13 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1399, 19th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, New South Wales
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1399, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1399, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
29 Oct 1915:	Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, ANZAC / Gallipoli
8 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4138, 4th Field Company Engineers

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Husband of Mrs Minnie Elma Rankin, 16 Undercliffe Street, Neutral Bay, Sydney, New South Wales

Distinguished Conduct Medal

'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during rescue operations near Anzac on 29th October, 1915, when he twice descended a mine shaft which was foul with gas fumes. He inspected each branch down the shaft, and was only just able to reach the mouth of the tunnel again.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 44
Date: 6 April 1916

MAN' S TRAGIC MISTAKE
Cyril Roy Rankin, aged 43, occupyin a house in Dalton-street, Orange, by himself during the temporary absence of his wife, was discovered in a serious condition in the backyard of the premises by a neighbour. Nearby, was a bottle containing white crystals. Rankin said he had taken them thinking they were epsom salts, but he faintly remarked: "I think it has got me." He then, collapsed, and died soon after.

DEADLY TOXIN
SODIUM NITRATE KILLED
ORANGE MAN
ORANGE, Sunday. — A warning against the deadly poisonous qualities of sodium nitrate, not generally acknowledged as a dangerous toxin, was issued by the Coroner at an inquest into the death, from poison ing, of Cyril Roy Rankin, 39.
Sodium nitrate was discovered in deceased's stomach, and in the opinion of the Government Analyst this was the cause of death. A verdict of accidental death was recorded.

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