Charles Edward ROBSON

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Service Number:	5500
Enlisted:	29 March 1916, Broadmeadows, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Draper
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 22 December 1916
Cemetery:	Bernafay Wood British Cemetery, Montauban Row I, Grave No. 50
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

29 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 5500, 8th Infantry Battalion, Broadmeadows, Vic.
4 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, SN 5500, 8th Infantry Battalion
4 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, SN 5500, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
29 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Infantry Battalion, France
22 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, SN 5500, 7th Infantry Battalion
22 Dec 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, SN 5500, 7th Infantry Battalion, Flers/Gueudecourt, SW to forehead sustained nears Flers. Evacuated to 3rd Aust Field Ambulance dressing station however died of wounds the same day.

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