ANZAC Heroes | Great War 1914 – 1918

Bunbury – Wellington District Western Australia

ROBINSON, Edward

ROBINSON, Edward

Full Name: Edward

ROBINSON

Date of Birth: 10

–

1871

Place of birth: Grantham

England

Occupation: Farmer

Address: Picton Junction WA

Next of Kin: Sister- Lucy Meyer

Next of Kin Address: Picton Junction WA

Religion: Presbyterean

Service Number: 3124

Rank: Private

Unit/Division: 3rd Machine Gun Battalion

Enlistment Date: 1916-12-18

Enlistment Location: Blackboy Hill

Western Australia

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1917-01-29

Embarkation Ship:

Disembarkation Port:

Disembarkation Date: 1917-03-27

Locations Served:

,

Returned: Yes

Discharge Date: 1919-03-08

Cause of Death: Suicide

Date of Death:

Place of Death: Picton, WA

Age at Death: 45

Burial Location: Bunbury General Cemetery, Western Australia, Roman Catholic Section, A 91

13/12/1916- Completed Medical Examination Bunbury WA
18/12/1916- To 96 Depot Company as Private Blackboy Hill WA
28/03/1917- To AIF Details Fovant England ex Australia
18/04/1917- To 11th Training Battalion Durrington England
20/07/1917- Transferred Machine Gun Corps Details Grantham England
11/10/1917- Proceeded Overseas Machine Gun General Base Depot Camiers France ex Folkestone ex Grantham
23/10/1917- Transferred 3rd Machine Gun Battalion in the field France ex Base Depot
6/02/1918- Admitted 10th Australian Field Ambulance France ( Neuralgia ) then to 9th Australian Field Ambulance
18/02/1918- Rejoined Unit in the field France ex Hospital
1/07/1918- Admitted 3rd Stationary Hospital Rouen France ( Valvular Disease Heart ) ex 47th Casualty Clearing Station
5/07/1918- Evacuated/Admitted Bermondsey Military Hospital Ladywell Road Lewisham England
26/07/1918- Admitted 1st Australian Aux Hospital Harefield England
4/09/1918- To No. 2 Command Depot Weymouth England
19/10/1918- Embarked England for Australia per ” Sardinia ” ( Heart Debility aggravated by Military Service )
16/12/1918- Disembarked Australia ex England
8/03/1919- Discharged from Service ( Medically Unfit  – Medical Board finding – Permanently Unfit for General Service)

 

SERVICE MEDALS AWARDED

British War Medal – N0. 18258

Victory Medal – No. 17648

 

AUTHORS NOTE

Edward Robinbon completed 13 years Prior Service with the British Navy, being awarded A Medal with 2 Bars for his Service aboard HMS ” Alacrity ” – First Bar reading – ” China 1900 Relief of Peking “, Second Bar reading ” Taku Forts “.

In January 1945 , Niece Miss Alma Amelia MEYER signed a Statutory Declaration to claim the Soldiers Medals. Her mother, Lucy Meyer(nee Robinson ), was the Soldiers sister and was deceased. Miss Meyer included her address as School of Music, 5 Victoria Street Bunbury.

From Bunbury Herald  and Blackwood Express dated Friday 27 May, 1921 – ” Edward Robinson had shot himself at Picton shortly after 2.00pm on 24 May, 1921 “. Post mortem examination concluded that Soldier Robinson had discharged a loaded Winchester rifle into his right ear, causing penetration of his brain and immediate death. Although the decased was farming at the Stirling Estate in Capel at the time, he carried out his act of suicide in his sisters home at Picton. It was understood that Robinson had been suffering from violent headaches for a considerable time and often appeared morose.

Edward Robinson committed suicide, which more than likely could be attributable  to the impact/effects of his War Service.