ROBINSON, Charles Nicholas
(Service number 9/519)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 13 February 1887 | Place of Birth | Waimate |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Mossburn | ||
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Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | Main Body | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Otago Mounted Rifles | ||
| Date | 16 October 1914 | ||
| Transport | Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay | ||
| Embarked From | Port Chalmers | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 19 November 1951 | Age | 65 yrs |
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| Cause | Invalid | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Waikumete Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Son of Alfred & Emily (nee DREW) ROBINSON, of Palmerston North. Brother Alec John ROBINSON was killed in action in 1917. Brothers Albert Victor and Lawrence also served in WWI. Charles was named in September 1914 in the list of those destined for service in Europe (Otago Mounted Rifles, 7th Regimental Squadron, Privates). He returned to New New Zealand as an invalided soldier by the Hospital Ship Maheno in 1914, due at Wellington on 14 December. Married Mary KEOGH in 1920.
Sources
Cenotaph Database [16 February 2014]; Otago Daily Times, 25 September 1914, 12 October 1914, 20 November 1916, North Otago Times, 21 November 1916 (Papers Past) [16 February 2014]; Auckland City Council burial records (Waikumete Cemetery) [09 April 2014]; Waikumete Cemetery headstone transcription (South Canterbury Branch NZSG Cemetery Records microfiches) [29 August 2014]
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