ROBINSON, Hugh
| Service Number: | 6798 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 July 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, January 1876 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Rigger and sail maker |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 10 February 1932, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW Sandgate Cemetery, age 63. GENERAL-35A. 41. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6798, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 8 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6798, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Nicholson embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 8 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6798, 13th Infantry Battalion, SS Port Nicholson, Sydney | |
| 30 Oct 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6798, 13th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Another Forgotten Digger?
88 years ago today, on the Wednesday afternoon of the 10th February 1932, Private Hugh Robinson, 13th Battalion, rigger and sailmaker and miner from Morts Dock, Sydney, New South Wales and 80 Alt Street, Waverley, N.S.W. and Whitebridge, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 63. GENERAL-35A. 41.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136866477
Born at Glasgow, Scotland about 1869 to parents unknown, Hugh enlisted July 1916 at Sydney, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital April 1917 (prolapse of anus, severe, swollen feet), Mr Robinson was invalided home September 1917 with these ailments and being overage.
I placed a wooden cross at Hugh’s unmarked grave May 2019, and submitted an application for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip September 2019, still awaiting outcome.
Michelle Foster has been tracing the family history of Hugh to possibly locate a next of kin with more information, no luck as yet.
Any information regarding Mr Robinson would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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