ROBINSON, Frank Ernest
| Service Number: | 4205 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 January 1916, Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, 4 June 1884 |
| Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Sebastopol State School |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 10 June 1918, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
Beacon Cemetery, Sailly-Laurette I C 5 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4205, 28th Infantry Battalion, Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4205, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4205, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle |
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He was the son of Edwin and Hannah (nee Adams) Robinson.
He was a single man.
He was the brother of Charles Henry, Cecily, Arthur Edwin, Alfred Stephen, William Calvert, Thomas Henry and Mary Jane.
There is a memorial to Frank is on the grave of his parent's - Wesleyan Section A, Grave 14 at the Ballarat New Cemetery.
Service Medals British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Frank Ernest Robinson (SN 4205) was born in Ballarat and attended Sebastopol State School, the son of Edwin and Hannah (nee Adams) Robinson and brother of Charles Henry, Cecily, Arthur Edwin, Alfred Stephen, William Calvert, Thomas Henry (Dec) and Mary Jane (Hendry). He enlisted in Kalgoorlie, W.A., on 10th January 1916. He was a 31-years-old, single, Miner. He was assigned to the 28th Infantry Battalion and embarked from Fremantle in April. On the 10th June 1918 he was killed in the fighting near Morlancourt, and is buried in the Beacon British Cemetery, Hazebrouck, Belgium.