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 1915 - 2007 (91 years)
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| Name |
Robert William Robson |
| Born |
7 Dec 1915 |
New Zealand  [2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
26 May 2007 |
New Zealand [3] |
- Robert (Robbie) William Robson MBE. JP
Warrant Officer II Field Security Section
2nd NZ Division
Served in the Middle East and Italy on return from service was elected to the (1946) executive of the Stratford RSA.
Later became president, later the establishment committee of the Stratford RSA Club as chairman, later as chairman Stratford - Taranaki Patriotic Council (1962), then to the National Patriotic Fund Board which involvement he spent 28 years. Received the RSA Gold Star Award in recognition of his outstanding service. He spared no effort in furthering the welfare of ex servicemen and their families since the war.
1968 he received the MBE member of the British Empire Medal. 1983 Most Worthy Citizen Award from the Stratford Rotary Club and other organisations, was in earlier years a member of this establishment committee of the Avon Primary School, Stratford, and attended many Working Bees at the school.
Robbie was manager of the Stratford Branch of the Taranaki Daily News and joined the paper staff in 1938.
In 1942 he left to join the armed forces. Robbie spent 13 years as a member of the Taranaki Hospital Board.
He was survived by his wife Eunice and five children, four boys and a girl.
- Stratford Press Wednesday Jun 6, 2007
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| Buried |
7 Aug 2007 |
Kopuatama Cemetery, Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand [4] |
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Kopuatama Cemetery Headstone - Robert William Robson
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| Person ID |
I6849 |
Frost Family |
| Last Modified |
8 Oct 2016 |
| Father |
John Nixon Robson, b. Abt 1887, New Zealand , d. 09 Aug 1916, New Zealand (Age ~ 29 years) |
| Mother |
Edith Emily Dewe, b. 21 Jul 1887, New Zealand , d. 21 Oct 1983, Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand (Age 96 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1907 |
New Zealand [5] |
| Family ID |
F13905 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Eunice May Heatley, b. 28 Oct 1914, New Zealand , d. 29 Sep 2012, New Zealand (Age 97 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1937 |
New Zealand [6] |
| Children |
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| Last Modified |
24 Nov 2017 |
| Family ID |
F2553 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S36] Merrrin Bakker.
- [S293] BDM NZ Historical Records, (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.identityservices.govt.nz/home/), 1916/11727 (Reliability: 3), 7 Dec 1915.
Robson Robert William; Mother Edith Emily; Father John Nixon
- [S293] BDM NZ Historical Records, (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.identityservices.govt.nz/home/), 2007/12889 (Reliability: 3), 26 May 2007.
Robson Robert William born 7 December 1915
- [S10] Marriage Register Index , Stratford District Council (Reliability: 3), 7 Aug 2007.
- [S293] BDM NZ Historical Records, (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.identityservices.govt.nz/home/), 1907/4444 (Reliability: 3).
Edith Emily Dewe
John Nixon Robson
- [S10] Marriage Register Index , NZ 1937/13506 (Reliability: 3).
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