ROBB  G.

Given Names:  George

               

Service Number:  1808

Unit:  14th Battalion, 4th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  14447

 

Age:  20 Yrs  6 Mths

Occupation:  Gardener                                                                                                   

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  6¼ In                  

Weight:  140 Lbs

Chest:  33-35½ In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fair

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  25/1/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  George Robb

27 Loch Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                           

Embarkation Date:  29/3/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Shropshire A9

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Kashmir 

Embarked:  9/3/1919                                 

Disembarked: 

Unit:  14th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Sergeant

Discharge Date:  3/8/1919                         

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  14324

British War Medal:  9687

Victory Medal:  9599

Other:    Military Medal

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1894

Place:  Bathgate, Scotland                       

Father:  George ROBB                            

Mother:  Margaret RAVIE

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1922     

Place:             

Spouse: Gertrude May DUNN

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 29/10/1970                        

Place: Cheltenham, Victoria                     

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Military Medal recommendation dated 12/8/1918 for conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty at Horcount on 8/8/1918

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Kew Presbyterian Church

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary