George Trevor Robson

Forenames

George Trevor AWMM

Surname

Robson AWMM

Also known as

• Trevor AWMM
• Robbie AWMM

Service number

• 43094 AWMM
• WWII 11863 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

7 Jul 1887 AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs Ellen Ann Robson (mother), Queen's Parade, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Feb 1917 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

War

• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
• Regular Military Service AWMM
• World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• Navy AWMM

Service number

• 43094 AWMM
• WWII 11863 AWMM

Military service

HMNZ Philomel AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Military Cross (MC) AWMM
  08 Mar 1919 AWMM
  MC. London Gazette, 8 March 1919, p. 3253. Gallantry and devotion to duty in the vicinity of the Foret de Mormal on 5th November 1918. AWMM
• Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) AWMM
  OBE. 1940 AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 1917 AWMM Clergyman/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Feb 1917-02 May 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 76 AWMM Vessel was Aparima AWMM Chaplain Class IV (Captain)/Military AWMM New Zealand Chaplains Department AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Last rank

• WW1 1 Jun 1919 AWMM
  Demobilised AWMM
  Chaplain Class IV (Captain)/Military AWMM
  New Zealand Chaplains Department AWMM
• WW2 Senior Chaplain AWMM
  Royal Navy, New Zealand Division AWMM
• Retired AWMM
  Senior Naval Chaplain AWMM
  Royal New Zealand Navy AWMM

• Husband of Katherine Bessie (nee Curtis) a VAD with the British forces in WW1.
  
  Settled in Bulls, near his daughter, Patricia, in his late retirement. AWMM
• Obituary: Lay preacher 1909, served Hokianga; 1919 returned to Hokianga, then to Te Awamutu; 1927 appointed 1st naval chaplain, retired in 1948 after 21 years Navy service; awarded OBE 1940; strong supporter of Boy Scout movement; keen sportsman
  Public - Elli - Researcher - 8 July 2020 - Newspaper: New Zealand Herald, 6aug1979, p1/3

Death

3 Aug 1979 AWMM
Age  92 AWMM

Cemetery

Clifton Cemetery, Watson Street, Bulls, Rangitikei District, New Zealand AWMM

Cemetery name

• Clifton Cemetery, 101 Watson Streete, Bulls, Rangitikei, NZ
  Public - Susan - Researcher - 24 September 2025 - Find a Grave website
• Clifton
  Public - Elli - Researcher - 8 July 2020 - Rangitikei District Council - cemetery records

Grave reference

• Block D Lawn, Row E, Plot 121
  Public - Susan - Researcher - 24 September 2025 - Find a Grave website
• LAWN, Block D, Row E, Plot 121
  Public - Elli - Researcher - 8 July 2020 - Rangitikei District Council - cemetery records

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20807197
  Further Reference
• Wikidata Entity
  http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q94690124
  Further Reference
• Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21346617
  Further Reference

References

• Information kindly provided by family
• McDonald, W. (2001). Honours and awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. Napier, N.Z.: Helen McDonald.
• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  55: 27
• Harker, J.S. (1992). Soldier, sailor, priest : biography of the Reverend George Trevor Robson. Auckland, N.Z.: Challenge Communications Foundation.
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 2: Includes portrait
• Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12
• HMNZT 76 - The moa : the journal of the Twenty Seconds on troopship "Aparima" (No. 76). Drew, H.T.B. (Henry Thomas Bertie), editor. Digby, H.W.L. (Henry William Lockyer), editor. -- At sea : Twenty-Second Reinforcements : [1917