Athol Gordon ROBINSON

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ROBINSON, Athol Gordon

Service Number:	4355
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
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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Biography 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)

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