Pte
Edward Joseph Robinson

Information about birth

Year of birth:
1884
Place of birth:
Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

General information

Last known residence:
192, Grafton Street, Woollahara, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Australia
Profession:
Labourer
Religion:
Roman Catholic

Army information

Country:
Australia
Force:
Australian Imperial Force
Rank:
Private
Service number:
3455
Enlistment date:
12/01/1917
Enlistment place:
Wentworth, New South Wales, Australia
Units:
 —  Australian Infantry, 53rd Bn.  (Last known unit)

Information about death

Date of death:
25/09/1917
Place of death:
Bellewaerde Beek, Hooge., Belgium
Cause of death:
Killed in action (K.I.A.)
Age:
33

Cemetery

Hooge Crater Cemetery
Plot: I
Row: G
Grave: 15

Distinctions and medals 2

Points of interest 3

#1 Place of birth
#2 Enlistment place
#3 Sterfteplaats

Sources 11

53rd Australian Infantry Battalion, (Australian War Memorial, Campbell (AWM), AWM4 23/70/14).
https://www.awm.gov.au/
Sources used
Anzac Memorial Roll of Honour (Anzac Memorial; Sydney, Australia; New South Wales Branch Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League of Australia, 1919) ID= 61966/records/15220).
https://www.ancestry.com/
Sources used
Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau (Australian War Memorial, Campbell (AWM), RCDIG1050675).
https://www.awm.gov.au/
Sources used
C.E.W.Bean: "The Australian Imperial Force in France 1917" (Australia Angus and Robertson Ltd,89, Castlereagh Street, Sydney, 1943) p.791-833.
Sources used
Capt.A.D.Ellis,M.C.: "The Story of The Fifth Australian Division, Being an Authoritative Account of the Division's Doings in Egypt, France and Belgium, Hodder and Stoughton, Ltd London.) p.227-260. P.445.
Sources used
First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920 (National Archives of Australia, Canberra (NAA), B2455), Robinson E J.
https://www.recordsearch.naa.gov.au/
Sources used
McCarthy, Chris. Passchendaele: The Day by Day Account (Londen: Arms & Armour Press, 1995), p 94-95.
Sources used
Peter Pedersen: "The Anzacs, Gallipoli to the Western Front" (Penguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: 80, Strand, London, WC2R 0RL,England, 2007).p.242-268.
Sources used
Robert Alan Perry: "To Play a Giant's Part, The role of the British Army at Passchendale" (The Naval & Military Press Ltd.,Uckfield, East Sussex, England; 2014) p.313-348.
Sources used
The Virtual War Memorial Australia (vwma), Soldiers ID: 110913.
https://vmwa.org.au/
Sources used
Unit embarkation nominall rolls, 1914-18 War (Australian War Memorial, Campbell (AWM), AWM 8.
https://www.awm.gov.au/
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