ROBINS, Leonard
| Service Number: | QX6970 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 June 1940, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/2nd Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment |
| Born: | Leicester, England, United Kingdom, 13 September 1906 |
| Home Town: | Cooroy, Sunshine Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Small Business Owner |
| Died: | Cooroy, Queensland, Australia, 1973, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 4 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Private, QX6970, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 4 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX6970 | |
| 5 Jun 1940: | Involvement Private, QX6970 | |
| 7 Aug 1945: | Discharged Corporal, QX6970, 2nd/2nd Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment | |
| 7 Aug 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX6970 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Len was the youngest of three children of James Robins (born 1879 in Leicestershire, England) and Jane Bott (born 1879 in Warwickshire, England). James - a Boot and Shoe Clicker - married Jane in 1899 in Leicester, Leicestershire, where they raised their family.
Len started work as a Grocer's Assistant in Leicestershire in 1922, and in December 1923 he immigrated to Brisbane, QLD on board the Largs Bay. Len worked as a Banana Grower at Black Mountain in Cooroy, QLD and in June 1940 he enlisted in the Australian Army. Len was a Corporal (Service No:QX6970) with 2 Anti Tank Regiment when he was Discharged in August 1945.
Len was back in Cooroy, QLD and working as a Labourer in September 1945 when he married Widow Isabel Lillian Paxton (nee Hayter, born 1917 in Gympie, QLD). Len and Isabel settled in Cooroy, QLD where Len worked as a Labourer. He died in 1973 and Isabel in 2001.
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