Charles Robins
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Norman Charles Robins (1915 - 1942)

Norman Charles (Charles) "Charlie" Robins aka Robbins
Born in Portland, Victoria, Australiamap
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Died at age 26 in At Seamap
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World War Two
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Charles Robins was a Prisoner of War during World War II.
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Charles Robins died as a prisoner of war on the Montevideo Maru during the Second World War.

Norman was born in 1915 in Portland, VIC. He is the son of Herbert Robins and Jeannie Jones.

He enlisted in the Australian Army for overseas service at Caulfield, VIC on 20 Jul 1940 as a Private (VX47692), having completed his attestation form at Portland, VIC on 11 Jul 1940. At the time he was single, a transport driver and was living in Portland with his mother.

He was posted to the 2/22nd Bn on 27 Aug 1940.

He entrained from Victoria for Sydney on 11Mar 1941, embarking there on HMT "Katoomba" on 12 Mar 1941 for Rabaul, New Britain in the Territory of New Guinea and disembarking there on 28 Mar 1941. His Battalion was to form the core of "Lark Force" for the defence of the Territory.

After the Japanese invasion of 23 Jan 1942 he was captured on the Lassul Bay coast and became a Prisoner of War, initially held at Rabaul. Japanese records have him as a part of B Coy.

He died on board the "Montevideo Maru" when it was torpedoed and sunk off the coast of the Philippines on 01 Jul 1942, en route from Rabaul to Hainan where he was destined for forced labour.

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  • Birth - Victoria BDM Birth index - Event: births; Registration number: 33297 / 1915; Family name: ROBBINS; Given name(s): Norman Chas; Place of event: PORTLAND, VIC, Australia; Personal detail Mother's name: Jeannie Olive; Mother's family name at birth: JONES; Father's Name: Thos Herbt




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