ROBINSON C.S.

Given Names:   George Seaborne

Service Number: 

Unit:  No. 1 Hospital Ship, Karoola                                                                                   

Rank:  Captain 

Paybook Number:  11316

Age:  27 Yrs   Mths

Occupation:  Medical Practitioner                                                                                   

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8 In                     

Weight:  156 Lbs

Chest:  33-38 In

Hair: 

Eyes: 

Complexion: 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  15/6/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  George Robinson

Maling Road, Canterbury, Victoria                                                                                    

Embarkation Date:  15/7/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Orsova A67

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Arawa   

Embarked:  14/9/1918                               

Disembarked:  17/11/1918

Unit:  Australian Army Medical Corps                                                                                             

Rank:  Major

Discharge Date:  15/2/1919                       

Place: 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  8867

British War Medal:  17117

Victory Medal:  17013

Other:    MC & Bar; MiD

BIRTH

Date or Year:  21/9/1888

Place:  Corryong, Victoria                        

Father:  George ROBINSON                    

Mother:  Caroline SEABORNE

MARRIAGE

Year:  1918     

Place:  England

Spouse: Mary Veronica CAREY

DEATH

Date or Year: 24/10/1955                        

Place: Kew, Victoria                                

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Suffered Trench Fever July 1918

Recommended for Military Cross in September 1916; not awarded

Recommended and awarded for Military Cross in March 1917; and Bar awarded in July 1917

DSO recommended September 1917 for courage at Ypres; not awarded but was M

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Melbourne University

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  VX108420                                   

Date Enlisted:  1/9/1942                                          

Date Discharged:  20/12/1944

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