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Full Name
Francis Nestor Robinson
Rank Last Held
Trooper
Forename(s)
Francis Nestor
Surname
Robinson
War
World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.
11/921
First Known Rank
Sergeant
Next of Kin
F. Robinson (father), Beach Road, Foxton, New Zealand
Marital Status
Single
Enlistment Address
Beach Road, Foxton, New Zealand
Military District
Wellington
Body on Embarkation
4th Reinforcements
Embarkation Unit
Wellington Mounted Rifles
Embarkation Date
17 April 1915
Place of Embarkation
Wellington, New Zealand
Transport
Vessel
Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo
Destination
Suez,Egypt (25 May 1915)
Page on Nominal Roll
623
Last Unit Served
Wellington Mounted Rifles
Place of Death
Gallipoli, Turkey
Date of Death
27 August 1915
Age at Death
24
Year of Death
1915
Cause of Death
Killed in action
Memorial Name
Hill 60 (New Zealand) Memorial, Hill 60 Cemetery, Turkey
Memorial Reference
10.1.2.
Biographical Notes
  • Only son of Francis and Anne Lucy Robinson, of Pikutuku, Foxton.
  • Cousin of Sergeant John Randall St. John Kebbell (11/68), who died of wounds on 30 May 1915, at Gallipoli.
  • "Remained at home for four years after leaving School, and was about to start farming on his own account when he enlisted. He met with an accident at Awapuni Camp, which prevented him from leaving with the Main Body, but eventually got away with the 5th [sic] Reinforcements in April, 1915, leaving Egypt for Gallipoli early in August and joining up with the W.M.R. No news was ever heard of him after August 28th, 1915, when he was reported as missing." (In Memoriam, 1914-1918 [Wanganui Collegiate School])
Description of Image
  • Portrait
  • Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915
Archives NZ source
Military personnel file
Further References
In Memoriam, 1914-1918 [Wanganui Collegiate School], Wanganui Chronicle Co. Ltd. [printer], Wanganui, 1919[?]
Sources Used
Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919