ROBSON, Leslie Rutherford
| Service Number: | 7433 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Bombardier |
| Last Unit: | 5th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Toorak, Vic., 1889 |
| Home Town: | Armadale, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Melbourne C of E Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Warehouseman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 31 July 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Dickebusch New Military Cemetery & Extension, Belgium II E 7, Dickebusch New Military Cemetery Extension, Dickebusch, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne Grammar School WW1 Fallen Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement Gunner, 7433, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked Gunner, 7433, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Sydney | |
| 31 Jul 1917: | Involvement Bombardier, 7433, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 7433 awm_unit: 5th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Bombardier awm_died_date: 1917-07-31 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
LESLIE RUTHERFORD ROBSON who was killed in action in France on 31st July 1917 was the youngest son of Mr. William Robson of Armadale.
He was born in 1889 and entered the Preparatory School in 1901 and came up to the Senior School in 1904. On leaving School in 1906 he went into business, and later on joined his brother in Sydney, where he enlisted in the Artillery in August 1915.
He embarked for Egypt as a gunner in November 1915 and from there went to France in March 1916. He was engaged in fighting at Houplines, Armentieres, Pozieres and Flers in 1916, and in 1917 he took part in the pursuit of the Germans on their retreat to Bapaume and the heavy fighting at Bullecourt, where he was promoted to the
rank of Bombardier.
In July 1917 he was moved to near Ypres, and was killed on
31st July by the bursting of a shrapnel shell over his gunpit. He was buried in the Dickiebusch New Military Cemetery near Ypres.
His Lieutenant, writing to his father, said: " He was a fine N.C.O. and an excellent gun-layer, and is missed very much by all in the battery. I was quite near him when the shell burst and killed him."
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