2357 Charles Arthur Laurence ROBBINS

Date of enlistment	5^th July 1915
Rank at enlistment	Acting Sergeant
Company	C Company
Significant events while serving with the AIF	Killed in Action Wounded in Action Hospitalised sick Promoted to 2^nd Lieutenant

Buried at Berks Extension Cemetery

Summary of Acting Sergeant Robbins WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455

Date	Location	Event
9^th March 1918	Belgium	Killed in Action by ‘minnie’ shell near Ploegsteert
12^th January 1918	Belgium	Taken on strength from cadet battalion
7^th January 1918	England	Proceeded overseas from Southampton
29^th December 1917	England	Marched in to overseas training brigade, Longbridge Deverill
19^th December 1917	Belgium	Appointed 2^nd Lieutenant and posted to General Infantry Reinforcements
24^th August 1917	France	Placed on supernumery list and joined cadet battalion
31^st July 1917	France	Re-joined unit
16^th July 1917	England	Proceeded overseas to France from Perham Down via Southampton
8^th June 1917	England	Transferred to Perham Down
30^th April 1917	England	Transferred to 3^rd Auxiliary Hospital Dartford
15^th March 1917	England	Admitted 3^rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth
14^th March 1917	France	Embarked from Rouen for England on Hospital Ship ‘St.David’
10^th March 1917	France	Admitted 5^th General Hospital, Rouen
8^th March 1917	France	Wounded in Action – gunshot wound cheek, hand, neck
2^nd October 1916	Belgium	Promoted to Sergeant
24^th September 1916	Belgium	Re-joined unit
6^th September 1916	France	To No.23 General Hospital Etaples sick – abscess
4^th September 1916	France	Promoted to Corporal
7^th July 1916	France	Promoted to Lance Corporal
26^th March 1916	France	Disembarked at Marseille
19^th March 1916	Egypt	Proceeded to join BEF from Alexandria
8^th January 1916	Egypt	Taken on Strength at Tel-el-Kabir
25^th October 1915	Egypt	Disembarked Alexandria
29^th September 1915	Australia	Embarked Melbourne on RMS ‘Osterley’
3^rd August 1915	Australia	Assigned to 5^th Reinforcements 22^nd Battalion
19^th July 1915	Australia	Marched into depot