ROBSON, Hamish Hastings Murray
| Service Number: | 236185 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 February 1987 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer Class 2 |
| Last Unit: | 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR) |
| Born: | Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia, 1 March 1965 |
| Home Town: | Camden, Camden, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | The Kings School, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Jackaroo |
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Non Warlike Service
| 25 Feb 1987: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 236185, 1st Recruit Training Battalion (1RTB) , Kapooka | |
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| 12 Sep 1987: | Transferred Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2nd/4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, Posted. | |
| 1 Dec 1987: | Transferred Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2nd/4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, Posted to Rifle Company Butterworth, Malaysia. | |
| 11 Mar 1989: | Promoted Australian Army (Post WW2), Lance Corporal, 2nd/4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment | |
| 3 Dec 1989: | Promoted Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 2nd/4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment | |
| 11 Dec 1991: | Transferred Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 1st Recruit Training Battalion (1RTB) , Kapooka, Posted. | |
| 1 Dec 1993: | Transferred Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 2nd/4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, Posted. | |
| 21 Feb 1994: | Promoted Australian Army (Post WW2), Sergeant, 2nd/4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment |
Peacekeeping Service
| 19 Aug 1994: | Transferred Australian Army (Post WW2), Sergeant, 2nd/4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, Posted to the United Nations Transferred to; United Nations Mission In Rwanda 2 “Operation Tamar”, (Alpha Company, the 2nd/4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment were the protection party for the medical team). | |
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| 21 Aug 1994: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Sergeant, 236185 |
Non Warlike Service
| 21 Feb 1995: | Transferred Australian Army (Post WW2), Sergeant, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR) | |
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| 22 Jan 1997: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Sergeant, Posted to the School of Infantry at Singleton, NSW. | |
| 22 Jan 1997: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, Posted to the School of Infantry, Singleton. | |
| 18 Jan 1999: | Transferred Australian Army (Post WW2), Sergeant, 1st Commando Regiment, 1 Commando Company. | |
| 15 Jan 2001: | Promoted Australian Army (Post WW2), Warrant Officer Class 2, 1st Commando Regiment |
Occupation Force Japan - BCOF Service
| 20 Jan 2003: | Transferred Australian Army (Post WW2), Warrant Officer Class 2, 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR), 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (Commando). |
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Non Warlike Service
| 10 Sep 2006: | Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Warrant Officer Class 2, 236185, 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR), Medical discharge six months before my 20 years serviced.4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (Commando). |
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1st Recruit Training Battalion
2nd/4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment
Rifle Company Butterworth, Malaysia
West New Britain, (East of New Guinea)
1st Recruit Training Battalion
2nd/4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment
United Nations Assistance Mission In Rwanda II
2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment
Land Command Battle School, Tully, North Queensland
School of Infantry
1 Commando Company
Brunei
4RAR (Commando)
Biography contributed by Hamish Robson
Whilst serving as a Company Sergeant Major with Bravo Company, 4RAR (Commando), in February 2004, as part of the unit's skills maintenance, my company was conducting a parachuting week. On the second day of parachuting and now up in the aircraft around 305m/1,000 feet, I exited the plane and conducted my drills. I was coming into land, and I turned my parachute into the wind to slow the rate of descent (5.8 metres/second). I was at this stage 60m above the ground, and as I turned, there was another paratropper about 10m in my direction, whom I collided with, now 25m above ground. My head came just under his parachute, and in doing so, my parachute collapsed, and I quickly fell towards the ground. I blacked out from then until I remember screaming in pain, once on the ground. Within 12 hours or so, I was X-rayed and operated on. The fractures from the accident were; both ankles, coccyx, pelvis, lower back, sternum and a duodenal haematoma. This event led to my medical discharge.
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