Elsie Curtin

Elsie Curtin CBE (née Needham; 4 October 1890 – 24 June 1975) was the wife of John Curtin, the 14th Prime Minister of Australia.[1]

Elsie Curtin CBE
Curtin in 1937
Spouse of the Prime Minister of Australia
In office 7 October 1941 – 5 July 1945
Prime Minister	John Curtin
Preceded by	Ilma Fadden
Succeeded by	Veronica Forde
Personal details
Born	Elsie Needham (1890-10-04)4 October 1890 Ballarat, Victoria
Died	24 June 1975(1975-06-24) (aged 84) Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Resting place	Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Spouse(s)	John Curtin ​ ​ (m. 1917; died 1945)​
Children	Elsie John
Relatives	Ted Needham (brother)
Occupation	Community worker

Curtin was born in Ballarat, Victoria, the daughter of Annie and Abraham Needham. She grew up in Cape Town, South African Republic (now South Africa) from 1898 to 1910. She moved to Hobart, Tasmania in the 1910s, where she met John Curtin. They married in Perth, Western Australia on 21 April 1917 and had two children. Her husband died in office on 5 July 1945. Elsie Curtin died on 24 June 1975 in Cottesloe.[2][3]