ROBINSON, James Edgar
| Service Number: | 24 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Taringa, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 July 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toowoomba No.36 Prosperity Tent Independent Order of Rechabites, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1, Toowoomba St James' M2, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial), Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Sep 1914: | Involvement Driver, 24, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: '' | |
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| 24 Sep 1914: | Embarked Driver, 24, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane |
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rivate James Edgar Robinson
James Edgar Robinson enlisted in the AIF on 21 August 1914 and served with the 9th Battalion throughout the Gallipoli campaign before proceeding to France in 1916. He was the son of George E. Robinson of Toowoomba, Queensland.
Robinson took part in the 9th Battalion trench raid on the night of 1–2 July 1916. During the attack, Private A.M. Patterson saw him inside the German trench shortly after the Australians entered the position.
"He was wounded in the shoulder."
[[Source: Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing File – James Edgar Robinson]]
Initially reported missing and believed killed, some evidence suggested Robinson may have fallen into German hands. However, a Court of Inquiry later concluded that he had been killed during the raid. He was one of several casualties suffered by the battalion in what was otherwise considered a successful operation. Robinson has no known grave and is commemorated on the Australian National Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux.
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