Alex John ROBINSON

Regimental number23/2080
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Robinson, 34 Main Street, Palmerston North
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Reinforcements to 1st and 2nd Battalions, E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 4 March 1916
E Company left New Zealand on board two ships, HMNZT 47 Willochra and HMNZT 48 'Tofua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankRifleman
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1917
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialProwse Point Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No 12), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr & Mrs Alfred Robinson, Palmerston North
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 26, p. 29

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