ROBINS, Albert Christopher
| Service Numbers: | 2226, 289 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse |
| Born: | Longwood, Victoria, Australia, 1874 |
| Home Town: | Longwood, Strathbogie, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Boundary Rider |
| Died: | Johannesburg, South Africa, 1926, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 2226, 4th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 289, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
| 1 Mar 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 289, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 463 notes 3rd QMI embarked 1 Mar 1900 aboard Duke of Portland arriving Cape Town 2 Apr 1900. | |
| 21 Jun 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 289, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 465 notes 3rd QMI embarked 9 May 1901 at Cape Town returning to Australia aboard Morayshire arriving Sydney 7 Jun 1901 (rail to Brisbane), disbanded 21 Jun 1901. | |
| 26 Mar 1902: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 2226, 4th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 318 notes 4th BACH embarked 26 Mar 1902 aboard Templemore arriving Durban 22 Apr 1902. | |
| 7 Aug 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 2226, 4th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 318 notes 4th BACH embarked between 28 Jun, 2 Jul and 7 Jul 1902 at Durban aboard Manchester Merchant, Britannic and Norfolk with Norfolk arriving Melbourne 7 Aug 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Albert Christopher Robins was born in 1874 at Longwood in Victoria. He would serve twice in the South African (Boer) War as noted on his enlistment papers for his second service.
He appears to have been living in Queensland in 1899 when he first enlisted serving as a Private S.N. 289 in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry. On his return an discharge in 1901 he returned to live in Victoria where he enlisted a second time serving as a Private S.N. 2226 (he notes previous service in 3rd QMI) in the 4th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse.
Bio on OZ-Boer database notes he returned to Australia with the 4th BACH and some time later returned live in South Africa where he married Anna Brunner and passed away in 1926.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 473 and 320; National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier for 2nd service; and OZ-Boer database record for 2nd service).
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