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Philip De Quetteville ROBIN

Regimental number638
Date of birth10 August 1884
Place of birthNorwood, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBank teller
Address6th Avenue, St Peters, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinFather, R B Robin, St Peters, South Australia
Enlistment date24 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board Transport A11 Ascanius on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 25 April 1915
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Spelt Phillip De Quetterville Robin on Nominal Roll.
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 32), Gallipoli, Turkey

The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.

The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank.

The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.

Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
60
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in North Road Church of England Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia. Parents: Roland and Mary ROBIN, 28 Edwin Terrace, Gilberton, Adelaide, South Australia~
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Married in Egypt, early 1915; his widow died in England, November 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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