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Henry ROBINSON

Regimental number15960
Date of birth4 October 1888
Place of birthIpswich, Queensland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationPostal assistant
Address129 Arthur Street, New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation28.9
Height5' 8"
Weight120 lbs
Next of kinMrs Elizabeth Robinson, 129 Arthur Street, New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date28 August 1917
Place of enlistmentBrisbane, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameAustralian Army Service Corps, 1st & 2nd Anzac Mounted Divisions, 15th Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT Port Darwin on 30 April 1918
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Army Service Corps Details, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Headquarters
FateReturned to Australia 10 July 1919
Discharge date2 September 1919
Other details

War service:

Embarked Sydney, 30 April 1918; appointed Acting Lance corporal, at sea, 4 May 1918; Temporary Corporal, at sea, 9 May 1918; disembarked Suez, 7 June 1918, and reverted to Driver.

Marched out to Australian Army Service Corps Training Depot, Moascar, 18 July 1918.

Taken on strength, 36th Company, AASC, Australian Mounted Division Train, in the field, 25 July 1918.

Detached to 3rd Brigade Band, Tripoli, 14 December 1918.

Admitted to 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance, Zagazig, 28 April 1919, and transferred to 14th Australian General Hospital (venereal disease, debility); discharged, 6 July 1919; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 60 days.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Oxfordshire', 10 July 1919; disembarked Sydney, 17 August 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Brisbane, 2 September 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death2 August 1946
Age at death57
SourcesNAA: B2455, ROBINSON Henry

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