Richard ROBINSON

Regimental number10/2464
Date of birth20 May 1893
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales, Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressAwatea, Masterton
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 5"
Weight131 lbs
Next of kinFather, Thomas Robinson, Huntly
Previous military serviceServed in the Samoan Advance Party; not serving in any military unit at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date9 August 1914
Place of enlistmentWellington
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameSamoan Advance Party, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 15 August 1914
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 22), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Terena Robinson, Extended Street, Huntly, Waikato
Other details

War service: Samoa, Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Wellington, 15 August 1914; arrived Apia, Samoa, 29 August 1914.

Embarked Samoa, 3 April 1915; arrived Wellington, 14 April 1915.

Embarked Wellington for Egypt, 13 June 1915.

Reported missing, Gallipoli, 8 August 1915.

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

War service: 1 year (of which 296 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Samoan Adv & Fifth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 20807054