ROBINSON, John Thomas
| Service Number: | 1602 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 November 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tarraville, Victoria, Australia, 6 October 1893 |
| Home Town: | Port Albert, Wellington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Tarraville, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Fisherman |
| Died: | Cerebrovascular accident (CVA), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 27 May 1962, aged 68 years |
| Cemetery: |
Yarram New Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Grave buried with wife Maude Robinson |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1602, 5th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 19 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1602, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1602, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne | |
| 8 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1602, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Private John Thomas Robinson
Number 1602
World War1
Served with 5th Battalion
This man spent 5 months on Gallipoli
After which he served in France.
Wounded in France when he suffered a severe gunshot wound to right thigh on 25/07/1917, this required hospitalisation in Leeds, England.This required almost 12 months in a hospital in London UK.
He commenced his return to Australia for change on 8/4/17 and eventually recovered sufficiently to be discharged in Melbourne on 4/10/1917.
Soldier Jack as he was known as ( Frederick John Thomas Robinson being his full name). Returned to Tarraville, where he worked a small dairy farm and shark fishing in Bass Strait
He married Miss Maude Collis and they had two daughters Georgina and Eva, and a son Frederick George Robinson.
Jack loved his family and work, he was always slightly unwell due to his extensive wounding experiences.
He joined the Volunteer Naval service in WW2 see attached certificate.
Jack was an active Masonic lodge member, regular meetings in Yarram.
He lived most of the remainder of his life in Port Albert.
He conducted a fishing party business taking workers from the Latrobe Valley out day fishing in his boat the families had a boat calledGeorgina built specifically for this purpose.
The 1940 ‘s and 1950’s were spent shark fishing with the boats Marjorie Maude, and later Eva.
Crews included his son Fred and his son in law Alwyn, (Buck) Palmer as well as fellow WW1 soldier John James Urquhart.and others.
FJT ( most common nick name by now) had 8 grandchildren including the writer.
He loved family and we were all saddened by his somewhat premature death at 67 years.
Maudie survived to live to 97 years, loosing FJT 30 yrs before her death.
A true Digger to the last.
A man who cared a lot about family and those around him.
Your service and sacrifice remembered always.
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