ROBSON, Earle Desmond
| Service Number: | 3432 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 June 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia, 1901 |
| Home Town: | Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Car crash, Hamilton North, New South Wales, Australia, 23 September 1938 |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW BAPTIST-F NW. 19. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Jun 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3432, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 Aug 1917: | Involvement Private, 3432, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Aug 1917: | Embarked Private, 3432, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Sydney | |
| 22 Mar 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3432, 35th Infantry Battalion, Under age |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, died tragically, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
85 years ago today, on the Sunday afternoon of the 25th September 1938, Private Earle Desmond Robson, 35th Battalion (Reg No-3432), labourer (Greater Newcastle Council), from 12 Cameron Street, Hamilton, New South Wales and Emerald Street, Hamilton North, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 36. BAPTIST-F NW. 19.
Born at St Leonards, New South Wales ? ? 1901 to Hercules, died 1909; husband of Mary Robson nee Wright (married 1922, Adamstown, N.S.W., died?), Earle enlisted on the 29th June 1917 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on the 2nd August 1917.
Underage at time of enlistment.
Left England for return to Australia 30.1.1918 being underage.
Was not granted Victory Medal.
Earle returned home about March 1918, being discharged (underage) on the 22nd March 1918.
Mr. Robson’s name has been inscribed on the Hamilton (Gregson Park) War Memorial, Hamilton Municipal District Roll of Honor and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
The tragic circumstances of Earle’s death were reported (see Trove links).
I have placed poppies at Earle’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Older brother Douglas (born Herbert Douglas, ? ? 1899, Dungog, New South Wales, labourer from 12 Cameron Street, Hamilton, New South Wales, enlisted 30.6.1917, 35th Battalion, Reg No-3433, wounded in action - 8.8.1918 (bomb wound to leg), RTA 19.8.1919, died 10.4.1954, Mayfield, N.S.W., age 55,
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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