Official Holt Report Finds PM Holt Died By Accident
The joint Commonwealth and Victoria police inquiry concludes the Prime Minister, Mr Holt, who disappeared while swimming at Cheviot Beach on December 17, died accidentally. The 195-page report, released by Prime Minister Senator Gorton, relies on statements from 19 people and found no evidence of foul play or other cause.
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Victoria
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Disappearance of Prime Minister Holt at Portsea Beach
Evidence lists witnesses and associates connected to Harold Holt during the weekend before his disappearance. The report recounts Canberra departure with Mary Lawless, travel to Portsea, a family gathering, and planned return to Canberra. It covers search efforts, local tides, and currents as investigators compile the timeline and factors surrounding the event.
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St Georges Road
Tooth
Mily
Canberra
Risea
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Krisea
Alan Cameron Charles Sewart
Elm Grave
Armadale
Wilespies
Gr Holi
Theviot Beach
Marjorie Pamela Gillespie
Lansell Road
Toorak
Yeroona
Nepean Highway
Portsea
Gillespie
Holt
Vyner Gillespie
Monash Uniersity
Robert Martin Simpson
Ionash University
Lorraine Street
Hamnton
Wyner Gillespie
Gillespies
Peter William Morgan
Portsea Officers’ Cadet School
Peter John Schuman
Neville Woes
Jorteen
L. J. Newell
Malcolm Thomas Shepherd
Darling Road
Sorrento
Robert William Hutchins
Newbury
Marcus de Laune Faunce
B. C. Edwards
Tideways
Mr Holt
Johnathon Scott Edgar
Mythony Crescent
Theo Raymond Scales
Caroline Street
South Yarra
Nicholas McDonald Holt
Millicent Avenue
Arthur H. Lucas
Manly Vale
Nsw
Cheviot Beach
Brian Edward Moloney
Office of Tithes
Melbourne
WIP Raaf
Mary Lawless
Lodge
Lawless
Hart
Portnca
Johnson's
Marjorie Pam
Portsea Beach Tragedy Under Turbulent Surf
Police say Nicholas Holt died in what is described as an accident at Cheviot Beach Portsea. Witnesses recall a sudden surge of rough water and undertow as Holt swam offshore while friends watched from the shore. Investigators note no foul play and that the death follows a day of social gathering at the Quarantine Back Beach area.
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Martin Simpson
Alan Stewart
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Portsea
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Stewart
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