ROBINSON, Richard
| Service Number: | 610 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 44th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | London, England, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Haileybury College |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 6 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle National Bank of Western Australasia Ltd. Roll of Honour, Haileybury College HB, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Midland Railway Workshops Soldiers Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 610, 44th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 6 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 610, 44th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 610, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Richard and Florence ROBINSON, 3 Parry Street, Osborne, Western Australia.
Richard enlisted in West Australia 12th January 1916 in the 44th Battalion, and after six months' training at Claremont and Salisbury Plain in England proceeded to France. He fought at Armentieres in January of 1917, and Messines in the following June, and on each occasion he was wounded. At Passchendale he was again wounded 6th October 1917 and was killed by a shell when being carried to the rear by stretcher-bearers. He was know as 'Craney' at school, and played in both eleven and eighteen. He passed Junior Public and entered the service of the National Bank.
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