ROBIN, Geoffrey De Quetteville
| Service Number: | 329 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 October 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Norwood, South Australia, Australia, 11 January 1895 |
| Home Town: | Kensington, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Prince Alfred College, South Australia, Australia |
| Occupation: | Student |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix Plot I, Row F, Grave No 26 |
| Memorials: | Burnside District Fallen Soldiers' Memorial - Rose Park, Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burnside & District - Fallen Soldiers Memorial Trees - Rose Park, Kent Town Prince Alfred College 'Nobly Striving, Nobly Fell' Roll of Honour, Norwood Primary School Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 329 | |
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| 11 Feb 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 329, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 329, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Karroo, Melbourne | |
| 16 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 329, 9th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 329, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 329 awm_unit: 53rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-07-19 |
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Geoffrey deQuetteville ROBIN (1895 - 1916)
Henry Robin and their surviving sister, Margaret, wrote many letters to the war office and it is thanks to them that there exists this extraordinary account of Geoffrey's last moments. It is an eye witness account by one of Geoffrey's colleagues, presumably in a letter to the family.
"He was detailed to go over the parapet by the Colonel, and was ready for his hazardous duty when the time came. He encouraged the men round him and sprang forward, but he did not get over the parapet before the enemy machine gun struck him down. When I got down to our front trenches, he was lying as he fell, with all his equipment on, and his rifle with bayonet fixed, lying as if he had been on guard and had fallen backward. His death must have been instantaneous."
Sergeant John E. Blackney (/explore/people/75388), NAA: B2455, ROBIN GEOFFREY DE QUETTEVILLE.
"ROBIN.— On the 20th July, killed in action in France, Signaller-Sgt. Geoffrey deQ. Robin, aged 21 years, youngest son of H. W. and A. M. Robin, East parade, Kensington." - from the Adelaide Register 20 Sep 1916
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