Ernest Victor ROBINS

ROBINS, Ernest Victor

    Service Number: 6051
    Enlisted: 17 May 1916, Brisbane, Qld.
    Last Rank: Sapper
    Last Unit: 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company)
    Born: Alstonville, New South Wales, Australia, 1884
    Home Town: Cooroy, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Farmer and Miner
    Died: Effects of being Gassed, County Hospital, Epsom, UK, United Kingdom, 28 March 1918
    Cemetery: Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
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    Memorials: Alstonville War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cooroy War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    17 May 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 6051, Tunnelling Companies, Brisbane, Qld.
    25 Oct 1916: Involvement Sapper, 6051, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    25 Oct 1916: Embarked Sapper, 6051, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
    1 Apr 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company)
    28 Mar 1918: Involvement Sapper, 6051, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6051 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1918-03-28

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Husband of Mrs Clara Robins, Cooroy, Queensland

    ROBINS.—Private Ernest Victor Robins, dearly beloved husband of Clara Robins (Cooroy), died on 28th March, at County Hospital, Epsom from the effects of being gassed in France.
    "Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends."

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