Arthur Glen ROBINSON

Regimental number10/509
Date of birth2 March 1894
Place of birthMasterton
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationTimber stacker
Address18 Princes Street, Palmerston North
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 7.5"
Weight128 lbs
Next of kinAunt, Mrs K Oulaghan, 18 Princes Street, Palmerston North
Previous military serviceServed for 6 months in the Palmerston Ambulance Corps; sentenced to a term of imprisonment for non-payment of a fine for missing military parades; not serving in any military unit at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date18 August 1914
Place of enlistmentWanganui
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 22), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Aunt: Mrs K. Oulaghon, 50A Bourke Street, Palmerston North
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1914; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 3 December 1914.

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 12 April 1915.

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 16 January 1916, concluded: 'Now believed to be dead, Dardanelles, 8th August 1915.'

War service: 356 days (of which 320 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 20806880

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