ROBB, Lindsay Walter
| Service Number: | NX52566 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 July 1940, Paddington, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Leeton, New South Wales, 14 December 1920 |
| Home Town: | Leeton, Leeton, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Leeton Intermediate High School |
| Occupation: | Shop assistant |
| Died: | Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Thailand, 26 December 1943, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery 1 K 46 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Griffith Cenotaph, Leeton ANZAC Memorial Clock Tower and Memorial, Leeton Mountford Park WW2 Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX52566, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore | |
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| 3 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX52566, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion, Paddington, NSW |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Walter Edwin and Eveline Jane Robb, of Leeton, New South Wales, Australia.
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Robb, of Five Bough, Leeton, were last week officially notified that their son, Pte. Lindsay Walter Robb, died of illness (dysentry) whilst a prisoner of war in Thailand Camp on 26th December, 1943.
Lindsay was born at Leeton and enlisted in July, 1940, when he was 19 years of age; he was then in the local militia. Prior to enlisting he was employed in the mercery department of S. Richards and Co., at Leeton. Like his brother Allan, he was well known as a bagpipe player and was a member of the Leeton Pipe Band. He gained honours with his pipes in Malaya when he ran into the finals in a contest held there. Lindsay is the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Robb who has paid the supreme sacrifice in this war, Cpl. Allan Robb being killed in action in Malaya on January 22, 1942.
Mrs. J. Anderson, of Leeton, is a sister of the late Pte. Robb. His brothers are Arthur, of Canowindra; Neville, schoolteacher at Barellan; Don, at Griffith; Ralph, who is a corporal with the R.A.A.F. in New Guinea, and Bruce, a motor mechanic at Leeton.
Biography
"...NX52566 Private Lindsay Walter Robb... from Leeton, New South Wales... enlisted in the second AIF in June 1940, and served in the Pacific with the 2/19 Battalion... Lindsay Robb (was) captured by Japanese forces at Singapore in February 1942. Lindsay Robb died from disease whilst a prisoner of war (POW) on 26 December 1943." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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