Background
Ramaciotti was born in Livorno, Italy.
Ramaciotti was born in Livorno, Italy.
He arrived in Queensland, Australia in his teenage years, and in 1878 joined the Rockhampton Volunteers, Queensland Defence Force as a private. In 1880 he was naturalised. As managing clerk of the conveyancing department of Minter Simpson & Company, he became well known in Sydney legal circles until his retirement from law in 1904.
After selling his shares in J C Williamson Limited he bought the Theatre Royal, in King Street Sydney, the neighbouring Sutton"s Hotel and adjoining land at the rear of these properties.
Military career Ramaciotti"s military interests continued and in 1890 he had been commissioned as a Second Lieutenant with the Second Infantry Regiment. By 1909 he was a Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the First Battalion of the Second Infantry.
He went on to command the 24th Infantry (Second Sydney Battalion) and was promoted to Colonel in the Eleventh Infantry Brigade. During World War I his duties were largely confined to home, but he eventually became Inspector General of administration at Army Headquarters, Melbourne.
Children Death Gustave Ramaciotti spent his remaining years travelling between Australia and Italy, until his death on a visit home to Australia on 6 December 1927.
