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ROBINSON, Athol Gordon
Service Number: | 4355 |
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Enlisted: | 23 September 1915, Claremont, Tasmania |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Mathinna, Tasmania, Australia, 1898 |
Home Town: | Triabunna, Glamorgan/Spring Bay, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Triabunna State School, Tasmania, Australia |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 19 August 1916 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Spring Bay District War Memorial, Triabunna St Mary's Church Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
23 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4355, Claremont, Tasmania | |
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5 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4355, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
5 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4355, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Melbourne | |
19 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4355, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...4355 Private Athol Gordon Robinson, 12th Battalion. A labourer from Triabunna, Tasmania prior to enlistment, Pte Robinson embarked with the 13th Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT Afric on 5 January 1916. Later reported as missing in action in France, a subsequent court of enquiry determined that he had been killed at Mouquet Farm sometime between 19 and 22 August 1916. Having no known grave, he is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)