Herbert Freemont ROBINSON

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ROBINSON, Herbert Freemont

Service Number:	3896
Enlisted:	27 August 1915, Toowoomba, Queensland
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Comet, Queensland, 20 May 1893
Home Town:	Yarranlea, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway porter
Died:	Natural causes, Greenslopes Repatriation Hospital, Queensland, 3 June 1969, aged 76 years
Cemetery:	Nudgee Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane Sect. A3-10, Loc. 57
Memorials:	Queensland Railways Toowoomba Employees Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

27 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3896, Toowoomba, Queensland
31 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3896, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
31 Jan 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3896, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Brisbane
11 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Pioneer Battalion
12 Feb 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Pioneer Battalion
3 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3896, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), GSW (right hand)
27 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3896, 2nd Pioneer Battalion

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Biography contributed by Paul Trevor

'On 31 January 1916, Private Herbert F. Robinson of 25 Battalion boarded the HMAT “Wandilla” at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia to serve his King and country. At Moasoar, Egypt, Herbert was transferred to 2 Pnr. Bn. (Pioneer Battalion) on 11 March 1916. He left Alexandria, Egypt on 19 March and proceeded to join the B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force) in France. He arrived at Marseilles on 26 March. In mid-July, Herbert was admitted to 5 A.F.A. (Aust. Field Ambulance) with a sprained ankle. He was transferred and admitted to 1 N.Z.S.H. (New Zealand Stationary Hospital) a couple of days later. On 22 July, Herbert was transferred and admitted to 18 Gen. Hosp. (General Hospital) and was discharged to duty on 26 July, when he marched in to 2 A.D.B.D. (Aust. Divisional Base Depot) at Etaples, France.' READ MORE (www.adoptadigger.org)

'NEWCOMERS TO HOUSE.

MR. HERBERT FREMONT ROBINSON, a railway guard, caused one of the most surprising swings in the metropolitan area when he defeated Mr. E. P. Decker, the Liberal sitting member for Sandgate. Mr, Robinson, who contested Sandgate in the 1950 election, has been a member of the Labour Party for more than 30 years. His wife is an organiser for the Storemen and Packers' Union. He was an active worker for the Nanango ALP branch and was transferred to Sandgate in 1942. As a youth he played Rugby League for Toowoomba and Ipswich.' from The Courier-Mail 9 Mar 1953 (nla.gov.au)

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