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ROBINSON, Thomas Wesley

Service Numbers:	1734, S66490
Enlisted:	16 February 1916, Petersburg, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Yongala, South Australia, 23 December 1892
Home Town:	Yongala, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher (later Cafe owner)
Died:	Natural causes, Glenelg East, South Australia, 24 September 1981, aged 88 years
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia General AC, Path 5, Grave 276
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Yongala Methodist Church Soldiers Roll, Yongala Roll of Honour

Biography

Thomas was reported missing on 02 Apr 1917. His brother Samuel wrote to the Red Cross Information Bureau on 28 Jun 1917 seeking information about his whereabouts. Advice was received on 28 Jun 1917 that he was a POW at Limburg, Germany and had been since 02 Jun 1917.

Then on 16 Sep 1918 he was transferred to Friedrichsfeld, but was finally repatriated on 25 Dec 1918 to England.

AWM Red Cross Wounded and Missing (www.awm.gov.au)

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