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ROBINSON, Joseph
(Service number 68555)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	22/08/1886	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs Mary ROBINSON (mother), Four Peaks, Geraldine
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Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	33rd Reinforcements E Company
Date	31 December 1917
Transport	Athenic
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Glasgow, Scotland

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Death

Date	30 August 1962	Age	76 yrs
Place of Death	Four Peaks, Geraldine (residence)
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Memorial or Cemetery	Woodbury Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Block 3, Plot 14
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Son of Joseph ROBINSON & Mary (nee MOSSOP) ROBINSON. Educated at Woodbury School. Married Wilhelmina Mary May BLAIR (May) in 1924. Welcomed home at Te Moana School, on 31 May 1918. Brothers John James & Thomas Mossop ROBINSON also served in WWI. Geraldine RSA members were in attendance at his funeral.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [03 February 2014]; Timaru Herald, 31 May 1918 (Papers Past) [04 February 2014]; Woodbury Cemetery, Geraldine - transcription (www.rootsweb.ancestry.com) [03 February 2014]; Timaru Herald, 31 August & 1 September 1962 (Timaru District Library) [29 August 2014]

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