James Robinson

Forenames

James AWMM

Surname

Robinson AWMM

Also known as

James Robinson AWMM

Service number

WWI 22727 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Robert Robinson (mother), Pinfold Road, Woodville, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 22727 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Farm hand/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 19 Aug 1916-24 Oct 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 61 AWMM Vessel was Aparima AWMM Rifleman AWMM 10th Reinforcements, 2nd Battalion, F Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of injuries AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Machine Gun Corps, Reserve AWMM

James Robinson was the son of Mr R. and Mrs J. Robinson, of Otorohanga. Born at Spring Creek.

Last unit listed by CWGC as New Zealand Machine Gun Corps. Typo on the Nominal Rolls, Pinfold Road, Woodville spelled as Penfold Road.

Next of Kin: Mr R. Robinson, P.O. Otorohanga K. C. (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

26 May 1917 AWMM
Age  28 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Londonthorpe (St John the Baptist) Churchyard, Lincolnshire, England AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20806991
  Further Reference
• Woodville Pioneer Museum, 1079 McLean Street, Woodville
  http://www.nzmuseums.co.nz/account/3100
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/379966/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/379966
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  38: 32
• Headstone photographs and war papers. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2007/8.
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Luxford, J. (1923). With the machine gunners in France and Palestine. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.