Regimental number | 1017 |
Place of birth | Liverpool, England |
School | Clint Road Boarding School, Liverpool, England |
Age on arrival in Australia | 18 |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Stenotypist |
Address | c/o Mrs Winterburn, Long Street, Range, Toowoomba, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Height | 5' 8.5" |
Weight | 125 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Charles Cubbin, 29 Needham Road, Liverpool, England |
Previous military service | Served for 1 year in the 3rd Dragoon Guards. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Enoggera, Queensland |
Unit name | 9th Battalion, G Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board Transport A5 Omrah on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 9th Battalion |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | Surname incorrectly recorded on Nominal Roll as CUBBINS. |
Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Age at death | 24 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
Place of burial | Pieta Military Cemetery (Plot B, Row VI, Grave No. 4), Malta |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 55 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Charles (d. March 1917) and Ann (d. 15 December 1915) CUBBIN |
Family/military connections | Brother: 8387 Pte Harry CUBBIN, 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers), British Army, killed in action, 30 April 1915. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 2 March 1915. Appointed Lance Corporal, Gaba Tepe, 28 May 1915. Wounded in action, 10 July 1915 (gun shot wound, left leg, arms), and admitted to HS 'Gascon'; transferred to Malta, 18 July 1915, and admitted to Tigne Hospital. Died of wounds (gun shot wound, chest), 2.15 pm, 13 August 1915. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Surname entered incorrectly on Embarkation Roll as CUBBINS. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, CUBBIN Robert |