ROBSON, Llewelyn
| Service Number: | 246 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 December 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Derwenlas, Montgomery, Wales, 10 August 1891 |
| Home Town: | Moorooka, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | St Marks College, Chelsea |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Poperinghe, Belgium, 13 October 1917, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Nine Elms British Cemetery Plot 5. Row B. Grave 11., Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinghe, Flanders, Belgium, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Tree Plaque: |
Yeronga Avenue of Honour
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| Memorials: | Annerley Stephens Shire Council Residents Honour Board 2, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glen Innes & District Soldiers Memorial, Yeronga War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 246, 7th Machine Gun Company, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 2 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 246, 7th Machine Gun Company, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 2 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 246, 7th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 11 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 246, 7th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, GSW (left eye and right thigh) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Graham Robson
Llewelyn was the third child of Thomas and Mary Robson, born in Derwenlas Isagareg, Wales. His sister, Helen contracted tuberculosis (TB) when he was about 21 years old. At the urging of his older brother, his two sisters and mother sailed to Brisbane, Australia, aboard the SS Dorset, arriving in 1912, (travel to a warm climate being the only recommended therapeutic measure), where Llewelyn and his brother joined them. Unfortunately, his sister Lilian also contracted TB whilst nursing Helen during the voyage. In 1915, following the deaths of both sisters, Llewelyn volunteered to join the AIF and was assigned to the 7th Australian Machine Gun Company, departing Sydney, 02 May 1916 on H.M.A.T. A20, ‘HORORATA’. His brother remained in Brisbane, looking after their ailing mother until she died in 1917. He then volunteered, hoping to join Llewelyn in France but this wasn't to be - a damaged knee couldn't take boot-camp training at Enoggera and he was discharged medically unfit.
The 7th MG Company Diary states that the company was relieved during the 10th of October after fighting near Zonnebek but notes that at about 1:30 pm on the 9th of October, two (Vickers machine) guns and their crews were sent to reinforce the 6th Australian Infantry Brigade at the front near Daisy Wood. The diary of the 6th Brigade also makes reference to two additional machine guns being assigned to them by the DMGO. It seems that Llewelyn participated in this assignment as these were the only 7th MGC guns still operating during the morning of the 11th of October when he was severely wounded, suffering gunshot wounds to his left eye, abdomen and right thigh.. He was recovered by members of the 11th Australian Field Ambulance and subsequently transferred to the 44th Casualty Clearing Station located about 7 kms SW of Poperinghe - where he died soon after his arrival on the 13th of October, 1917.
Llewelyn was buried across the road from the CCS, in what is now the 9 Elms Commonwealth Military Cemetery.
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