5121
ROBINSON, William
| Service Number: | 417 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 12 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gawler, South Australia, July 1886 |
| Home Town: | Gawler, Gawler, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | 15 August 1925, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Gawler Council Gawler Men Who Answered the Call WW1 Roll of Honor, Gawler St George Anglican Church Honour Roll, Gawler War Memorial, Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jul 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), 417, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 417, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked Corporal, 417, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 20 Jun 1916: | Imprisoned Fromelles (Fleurbaix) | |
| 18 Jun 1919: | Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 417, 32nd Infantry Battalion, cessation of hostilities |
Help us honour William Robinson's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School
William Robinson enlisted on the twelfth of July, 1915 to fight with the 32nd Infantry Battalion. He embarked for active service on the eighteenth of November and a month later he arrived in Suez, Egypt. In February, 1916, at Tell El Kebir William was reprimanded for three different instances of neglect of duty. Willam Robinson embarked to join the British Expeditionary Force on the 17th of June 1916. On the 23rd of June, he arrived in Marseilles, France. William was captured by German forces at Fromelles on the 20th of July 1916. In 1918, Robinson was transferred to Holland for internment and was released on the 18th of November 1918, seven days after the war ended.
Robinson arrived in England five months later. After staying in England for about 4 months, he embarked a ship to make the month-long voyage back to Australia. On the 13th of April William was admitted to the ships hospital due to Myositis, he arrived back in Adelaide on the 18th and was formally discharged from the AIF 2 months later
Click images to start slideshow.