ROBSON, Percy
| Service Number: | 726 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 August 1914, An original of F Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Daylesford, Victoria, Australia, July 1894 |
| Home Town: | Daylesford, Hepburn, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 28 April 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Daylesford Christ Church Honor Roll, Daylesford War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 726, 7th Infantry Battalion, An original of F Company | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 726, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 726, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Daylesford Advocate, 31 October 1916, PRIVATE PERCY ROBSON.
On Thursday Canon Carrington of Christ Church received a wire from the Defence Department asking him to announce to Mr and Mrs E. Robson of Victoria Street that their eldest son, Private Percy Robson, who had been previously reported as missing had been killed in action at Gallipoli on the 28th April, 1915. The Canon was also asked to express the sympathy of the King and Queen and the Commonwealth with his bereaved parents. Private Percy Robson was only 21 years of age. He left Daylesford for camp on the 24th August 1914 and took part in the memorable landing at Gallipoli on the 25th April of the following year. He was of a fine manly type, chivalrous and generous hearted a devoted son and a good comrade. He leaves many friends in this district who will deeply deplore his death.
Daylesford Advocate 4 August 1916. RELICS OF GALLIPOLI. Private Robson's End.
A long-distance separates Daylesford from Gallipoli, where so many of our brave boys have shed their blood for the honour of the British Empire; yet on Wednesday we were brought into close touch with it by the visit of Mr Patrick Kelly, of Eastern Hill, Eganstown, who bore with him a knife and a piece of a Turkish bomb. The former had been the property of the late Private Percy Robson, son of Mr E. Robson, of Daylesford, while the piece of bomb was portion of the infernal machine that killed the young soldier instantly by blowing off the top of his head.
Whilst in camp young Robson chummed up with Private C. Rowe, a young Englishman who enlisted at Bungaree, and the two soldiers were inseparable. Private Rowe has returned to Bungaree, and it was there a few days ago that he came in contact with Mr Kelly, who was visiting Mr Patrick Keating, a well-known Bungaree farmer. Private Rowe related the tragic circumstances of Private Robson's death, having been beside him when the fatal bomb was thrown. To prove his statement he produced his chum's knife and the other gruesome relic referred to. This he gave to Mr Kelly to have given to the father of the deceased soldier. Needless to say, the parents were grateful at receiving their son's knife and tidings to the effect that he died whilst bravely doing his duty in upholding the honour of Australia.