ROBINSON, John William
| Service Number: | 4209 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 August 1915, Holdsworthy, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | West Hartlepool, England, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Ryde, Ryde, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | West Hartlepool Secondary Day School |
| Occupation: | Journalist |
| Died: | 9 April 1963, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW |
| Memorials: | Sydney Morning Herald and Sydney Mail Record of War Service |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4209, 17th Infantry Battalion, Holdsworthy, NSW | |
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| 8 Mar 1916: | Involvement 4209, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Mar 1916: | Embarked 4209, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of W Robinson, Willandra, Shepherd Street, Ryde, Sydney, New South Wales
John was born in 1896 in West hartlepool, England and is the only son of Capt. J.W. Robinson, late of Whitby. He was educated at the West Hartlepool Secondary Day School, and, shortly after leaving school, came to Sydney. He joined the reporting staff of the Sydney Morning Herald as a cadet in June 1914, and in July of the following year enlisted for active service.
On arriving in Egypt some little time later Private Robinson transferred from the Infantry (10th reinforcements of the 17th Battalion0 to a cyclist corps attached to a squadron of the 13the Light Horse, and was despatched to the Eastern side of the Suez Canal. While in this zone he was stricken with fever, which eventually necessitated his return to Australia towards the end of 1916. He rejoined the staff immediately he was freed from the military service, and in September 1919 was appointed to the office of the Sydney Morning Herald at Newcastle.
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