Percy Raymond ROBB

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ROBB, Percy Raymond

Service Number:	V170337
Enlisted:	12 July 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Colac, Victoria, Australia, 11 October 1917
Home Town:	Stoneyford, Colac-Otway, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Colac, Victoria, Australia, 17 August 2005, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Colac General Cemetery, Victoria
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World War 2 Service

12 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V170337
23 Dec 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V170337, 58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, embarked Townsville for Torokino on board Duntroon
12 Apr 1946:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V170337, embarked Fauro Island for Sydney
4 Jun 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V170337

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Private Percy Raymond Robb (Service No:V170337) enlisted in the ACMF on 12 July 1941 with 2 Brigade Group - graded Cook. Private Robb served in the Northern Territory (11 September 1943 - 30 August 1944) with 6 Infantry Battalion and was attached to 58/59 Infantry Battalion on 23 December 1944 when he embarked with his Unit from Townsville for Torokina on board the Duntroon. Private Robb served in Bougainville with 27 and 8 Infantry Battalions and was attached to 23 Infantry Brigade on 12 April 1946 when he embarked with his Unit from Fauro Island (Solomons) for Sydney. Private Robb was attached to 23 Infantry Brigade at Discharge on 4 June 1946. Siblings Leo and John also served in WWII.

Percy was born in Colac, Victoria in 1917, sixth of seven children of Angus Robb (b1883 in Garvoc, Victoria) and Rose Westwood (b1883 in Birregurra, Victoria). Angus (a Labourer) and Rose married in 1903 in Colac, and lived in Gerangemete, Yea and Carpendeit, where they raised their family and Angus was a Labourer and Farmer - Angus was President of the Carpendeit Cricket Club in the 1930s.

Percy worked as a Farm Labourer in Bungador via Stoneyford, Colac before enlisting in the Army in 1941. Following his Discharge, Percy returned to Bungador, where he was a Farm Labourer. In 1961 in Colac, Percy married Helen Jean Spokes - the couple lived in Bungador and Larpent, where thye raised their family and Percy was a Farmer. Percy and Helen separated in the mid 1970s, and Percy remained in Larpent where he was a Farmer. Percy died in 2005.

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