ROBINSON, John Everard
| Service Number: | W70797 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 April 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
| Born: | Guildford, Western Australia, 15 April 1907 |
| Home Town: | Boyup Brook, Boyup Brook, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Boyup Brook, Western Australia, 25 June 1998, aged 91 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Boyup Brook Public Cemetery, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 26 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W70797, 14th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) | |
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| Date unknown: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W70797, 14th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
John was the youngest of four children of George Deverell Robinson (b 1863 in Essenden, Victoria) and first wife Florence Geraldine Lefroy (b 1866 at Karri Hill, WA). George - a Surveyor - and Florence married in 1894 in Guildford WA.
John was a Farmer at Boyup Brook WA when he enlisted in the ACMF in 1942. He served as a Private (Service No:W70797) with the 5th and 14th Battalions Volunteer Defence Corps and was Discharged on 16 October 1945.
In 1943 John married Gwenneth Hetty Bickford (b 1912 in Subiaco, Perth WA) - Gwenneth was a Typiste. The couple settled in Boyup Brook where John was a Farmer. He died in 1998 and Gwenneth in 1993.