Date of birth:

April 13th, 1906 (Prescot/North-West England, Great Britain)

Nationality:

Australian

Sevicenumber WX 1589.

Alfred Robinson enlisted on May 1st, 1940 at the Swan Barracks in Perth.

Do you have more information about this person? Inform us!

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Captain (temporary Major)

Unit:

2/16th Battalion

Awarded on:

April 22nd, 1943

Received for outstanding courage and fine leadership in the Gona Area Mission on December 1st, 1942.

Published in The London Gazette dated 22nd April 1943.
Published in The Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 1st April 1943.
Recommended on 15th March 1943.
Decoration presented by the Governor-General at the Government House in Perth on 9th April 1945.

• - Supplement to The London Gazette of 20th April 1943, Issue 35987, dated 22nd April 1943
  - Attestation Form at National Archives of Australia
  - Australian war Memorial