ROBINSON, Albert Charles Joseph
| Service Number: | 2929 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Girgarre East near Tatura, Victoria, Australia, 26 May 1893 |
| Home Town: | Byrneside, Greater Shepparton, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 13 October 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Ypres Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cooma Evangelical Memorial Uniting Church POOLE & ROBINSON Memorial Plaque, Cooma Methodist Memorial Church Roll of Honour WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2929, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2929, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
| 12 Jan 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2929, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Embarked at Sierra Leone on transport ship bound for Plymouth | |
| 8 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2929, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Entered field at Staples, France | |
| 31 Jul 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, Appointed L/Cop in the field | |
| 13 Oct 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 2929, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2929 awm_unit: 2 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-13 | |
| 13 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2929, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Killed in action in Belgium | |
| 25 Jan 1919: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2929, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Burial site recorded near Ypres, Belgium |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Mark Poole
Albert Charles Joseph Robinson (known as 'Bert to his family) was born on 26 May 1893 at Tatura, Victoria as the first child of John Robinson (1863-1934) and his wife Mary Ann (1868-1914) nee Poole. His father was a farmer at Byrneside, Victoria after immigrating from Berkshire, England. Bert was farming with his father when he enlisted. Bert was one of four Robinson siblings as follows:
1. Albert Charles Joseph (1893-1917)
2. Frederick John (1897-1977)
3. George Burt (1901-1959)
4. Daisy Sarah Ann (1905-1957) - married McArthur
Bert was named after his two grandfathers, Charles Robinson and Joseph Poole. He had a large wider family with many cousins all settled in the district farming at Girgarre East and CCooma. Bert's family lost their mother at the young age of 46. At the time, Bert was 21 and his siblings were only 17, 13 and 9.
Bert enlisted in Tatura on 13 March 1916 and was part of the 6th Reinforcements in the 2nd Pioneer Battalion. He embarked on the "Port Lincoln" at Melbourne on 20 October 1916 bound for Plymouth, England after a 6 week stop at Sierra Leone. After arriving at Plymouth and further training, he embarked at Folkestone on 5 April 1917 and entered the field at Etaples in France. Within 4 months he was promoted to Lance Corporal and he was killed in action only 3 months later near Ypres in Belgium on 13 October 1917. Bert's father John made the pilgrimage to Belgium to visit his grave before he passed away in 1934.
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