Henry Patrick ROBINS [6737] 3459
Henry enlisted in Melbourne on the 12th of February 1916. His SERN was 5407. He was 30 years of aged, 5' 7 1/4", and 157 lbs. He was said to have a fresh complexion, hazel eyes and brown hair. He embarked from Melbourne on 28 July 1916 on the Thermistocles and arrived in Plymouth EngIand on 11 September 1916. He went to France in November 1916 and was wounded on 15 January 1917. Gunshot wound to the face. He rejoined his unit on 4 February 1917 and was killed in action on 3 May 1917 possibly in the vicinity of Bullacourt. He is either buried or commemorated at Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France.
Henry married Annie Josephine [8862] [MRIN: 2880], daughter of Patrick SMITH [8863] and Kathleen ROLLERS [8864]. (Annie Josephine [8862] was born about 1886 in Cohuna, Vic, Australia and died in 1965 in Ascot Vale, Vic, Australia 5798.) |
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