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William Friend Robson

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Friend AWMM
  • Surname
    Robson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
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  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
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  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 499 Amargh Street, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Audrey Robson (wife), 499 Amargh Street, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
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Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Eldest son of Thomas Turnbull Robson and Evangeline Robson, of Christchurch, New Zealand; husband of Audrey Clayton Robson (nee Hester later Doubleday. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    3 May 1917 AWMM
    France, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
    Jeancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Aisne, France AWMM II. C. 5 AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • I am sorry I never met you, grandad your brother, missed you, thankyou
    Public - Lyndsey - Other Relative - 17 April 2015
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17 April 2015LyndseyAkaroaOther Relative

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