LEST WE FORGET
Corporal George Lyle Richmond ROBINSON
Service No: 445510
Born: Bundarra NSW, 5 October 1925
Enlisted in the RAAF: 17 June 1944
Unit: No. 7 Stores Depot
Died: Ground Accident, near Toowoomba QLD, 17 May 1946, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Toowoomba Cemetery QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of George and Olive Hilda Robinson, of Bundarra, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Bundarra NSW
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 17 May 1946, Corporal Robinson, a Cipher Assistant, was returning in a civilian taxi from a dance at Crow’s Nest, 38 miles from Toowoomba, when the taxi crashed and he died from his injuries. Others in the taxi were also injured.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/36/755