Percy Thomas John ROBINS

ROBINS, Percy Thomas John

    Service Number: 711
    Enlisted: 19 August 1914, Broadmeadows, Victoria
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 8th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Nhill, Victoria, Australia, 1889
    Home Town: Hopetoun, Yarriambiack, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Died of wounds, Rouen, France, 4 November 1917
    Cemetery: St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    19 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 711, Broadmeadows, Victoria
    19 Oct 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 711, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
    19 Oct 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 711, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 711, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    24 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 711, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Shell wound (multiple)
    4 Nov 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 711, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 711 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-11-04

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    Biography contributed by Paul O'Bree

    "...711 Lance Corporal Percy Thomas John Robins, F Company, 8th Battalion, of Hopetoun, Vic. LCpl Robins enlisted on 18 August 1914 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Benalla on 19 October 1914. He died of wounds on 4 November 1917 at Passchendaele, Belgium, aged 29 years." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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