ROBSON, Russell Dunsmore
Service Number: | 6989 |
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Enlisted: | 25 January 1916, Moore Park, Sydney |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 1st Field Company Engineers |
Born: | Leichhardt, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 9 October 1897 |
Home Town: | Lindfield, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Fort Street & Technical High School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Engineers apprentice |
Died: | Killed in Action, Strazeele, France, 23 April 1918, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Borre British Cemetery Plot I, Row A, Grave 22 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney Technical High School WW1 Roll Of Honour |
World War 1 Service
25 Jan 1916: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 6989, 1st Field Company Engineers, Moore Park, Sydney | |
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1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 6989, 1st Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 6989, 1st Field Company Engineers, SS Makarini, Sydney | |
12 Oct 1917: | Honoured Military Medal | |
24 Nov 1917: | Promoted Australian Army (Post WW2), Lance Corporal, 1st Field Company Engineers | |
23 Apr 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 6989, 1st Field Company Engineers, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6989 awm_unit: 1st Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-04-23 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Russell Dunsmore ROBSON was born on 9th October, 1897 in Leichhardt, Sydney, NSW
His parents were George William ROBSON & Catherine Grace DUNSMORE who married in Leichhardt on 2nd September, 1895 - he had 3 sisters, Marion, Dorothy & Gwenyth
He enlisted in Moore Park in Sydney on 25th January, 1916 & embarked from Sydney on 1st April, 1916 on the SS Makarini with the 1st Field Company Engineers, 16th reinforcements
Russell was Killed in Action in Strazeele, France on 23rd April, 1918 & is buried in the Borre British Cemetery, Plot I, Row A, Grave 22
Inscription "BELOVED ONLY SON OF G.W. & C.G. ROBSON OF LINDFIELD, NSW - IN HIS 21ST YEAR
He was awarded the Military Medal on 12th October, 1917
"During the operations east of Ypres on 4th & 5th October, 1917, he was employed as Company Runner between Strong Point on Becelaere Ridge and Company Headquarters, he successfully passed 8 times through a heavy enemy barrage in the execution of his duty.
Whilst not employed as a runner he worked on the strong point and set a splendid example of gallantry and coolness to his comrades, materially helping in the task allotted his section"
Commonwealth Gazette no. 31 - 7.3.1918