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ROBINSON, Herbert Bracken
| Service Number: | 2318 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Wellington, South Australia, 14 January 1888 |
| Home Town: | Meningie, The Coorong, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Meningie Area School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Daw Park, South Australia, 22 May 1968, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 15 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1 | |
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| 28 Apr 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2318, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Bakara embarkation_ship_number: A41 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2318, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Bakara, Adelaide |
Six Brothers Go to War
Herbert was one of six brothers from Meningie, SA to enlist for service for WW1.
All of the brothers were assigned to the 9th Light Horse.
Robinson Albert Gordon : SERN 3611 (AKA - Albert Garden)
Robinson John Grant : SERN 825
Robinson Charles Morphett : SERN 1440
Robinson Arthur Murray : SERN 2317
Robinson Richard George : SERN 1441
Of the six, only five returned.
Richard (Dickie) Robinson was killed in action.
According to records, Richard was 'wounded to head' in Palestine on April 21st, 1917 and died of his injury the same day. RIP
His exact final resting place unknown to the Robinson family.
Submitted 19 April 2015 by Carol Pearson
Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Geneology SA record confirms that the second Given Name is BRACKEN not Breacken or Breacker. BRACKEN accords with the RSL Membership details and he was interred at Centennial Park (SA) with the spelling of that name as Bracken. This record had been amended to accord with birth and death records.
Returned to Australia 10 July 1919
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