Thomas William ROBINSON

Regimental number10/1634
Date of birth7 May 1894
Place of birthPotto, Yorkshire, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarm labourer
AddressGisborne
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20.6
Height5' 9"
Weight148 lbs
Next of kinFather, J Robinson, Railway Cottages, Lower Junction, Northallerton, Yorkshire, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date16 December 1914
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tahiti on 14 February 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitHawke's Bay Company, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 22), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Mary Jane Robinson, 1 Railway Cottages, Low Junction, Northallerton, Yorks, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Joined Bn at Gallipoli, 8 May 1915.

Admitted to hospital, 10 May 1915 (influenza); rejoined unit, 3 June 1915.

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

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

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Third
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 20807090