ROBSON, Frederick William
| Service Number: | QX29145 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 19 January 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Australian Employment Company |
| Born: | Laidley, Queensland, Australia, 15 January 1906 |
| Home Town: | Cooroy, Sunshine Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Assistant |
| Died: | Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 25 January 1982, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Maryborough Lawn Cemetery, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 19 Jan 1942: | Involvement QX29145 | |
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| 19 Jan 1942: | Enlisted | |
| 19 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX29145 | |
| 6 Oct 1942: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, 7th Pioneer Battalion | |
| 27 Nov 1942: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Australian Employment Company | |
| 18 Oct 1943: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Frederick William Robson (Service No: QX29145) enlisted in the ACMF on 19 January 1942 attached to 7 Training Battalion. Private Robson transferred to 7 Pioneer Coy and was attached to 1 Employment Coy at Discharge on 18 October 1943. Younger brother Gordon (Driver; Service No: Q127095) served in WWII and older brother James Francis (Private; Service No:3620) served in WWI.
Born in 1906 at Laidley in the Lockyer Valley in QLD, Fred was the seventh of eleven children of Walter James Robson (b1870 in Laidley, QLD) and Wilhelmina (Minnie) Augusta Kuhz (b1872 in Kalbar, QLD). Walter (a Labourer) and Minnie married in 1894 and lived at Mt Hallen via Esk where Walter was a Timber Getter before settling at Laidley where they raised their family and Walter was a Labourer. Tragedy struck the family in February 1918 when Walter shot himself and died, leaving Wilhelmina to raise their eight surviving children.
Fred worked as a Farm Assistant in Cooroy, QLD and in 1938 married Mary Hilda May Wickerson (b1916 in Nambour QLD) - theirs was the first wedding to be held in Bli Bli. The couple settled in Cooroy where Fred was a Farm Assistant when he enlisted in the ACMF. Following his Discharge, Fred and Mary remained in Cooroy where Frederick was a Farm Assistant until 1949 when they moved to Eumundi near Nambour. Fred was a Farmer at Eumundi until he and Dorothy retired to Torquay in the early 1970s. Fred died in Maryborough in 1982 and Mary in 1986.
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