Nov 16, 1893

Born in Bridgenorth, Ontario to William and Isabella (nee Young) Robinson

Nov 19, 1914

Attested into the 21^st Battalion in Kingston, Ontario

Ø  Number 59847 (temporary number 113)

Ø  Next of kin given as Isabella Robinson, mother, Lakefield, Ontario

Ø  Previous occupation given as Canoe Builder with the Peterborough Canoe Company

Ø  No previous military experience given

Ø  Religion given as Wesleyan

Ø  Posted to “A” Company

On attesting, John Robinson stated he was born in 1894, not his actual birth year of 1893

The 21^st Battalion trained in the Kingston, Ontario area through the winter of 1914-15.

May 6, 1915

Embarked the RMS Metagama in Montreal, Quebec

May 15, 1915

Disembarked in Devonport, England and the battalion proceeded to the West Sandling Camp, near Hythe, Kent to continue training

Sep 14, 1915

Embarked the St. Seiriol in Folkestone

Sep 15, 1915

Disembarked in Boulogne, France and the battalion proceeded to St. Omer

Sep 15, 1916

During the attack on the heavily fortified sugar factory south of Courcelette, France, Private Robinson received shrapnel wounds to his left hand and both upper thighs.  He was evacuated to a field ambulance for first aid before being transported to a casualty clearing station in Albert where his left testicle was removed and the little finger of his right hand was amputated as a result of his wounds

Sep 19, 1916

Invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship Jan Breydel

On arrival in England, he was admitted to the Clandon Park Hospital, Clandon, Guildford

Transferred to the CCAC (Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre) for pay purposes while in hospital

Nov 9, 1916

Transferred to the Brown House Auxiliary Hospital in West Horsley

Nov 27, 1916

Transferred to the Royal Herbert Hospital in Woolwich

Dec 1, 1916

Transferred to the Canadian Convalescent Hospital in Woodcote Park, Epsom

Jan 16, 1917

Transferred to the Moore Barracks Hospital in Shorncliffe

Feb 27, 1917

Additional surgery performed to repair scrotum damage and to improve the stump from his amputated finger

Mar 10, 1917

Transferred to the EORD (Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot) for pay purposes while in hospital

May 7, 1917

Attached to the CDD (Canadian Discharge Depot) in Buxton pending return to Canada

May 26, 1917

Embarked the SS Justicia in Liverpool

Jun 7, 1917

Disembarked in Halifax, Nova Scotia and proceeded to Quebec City, Quebec

Jun 13, 1917

Medical Board in Quebec City notes

Ø  Little finger of right hand amputated as result of shrapnel wound

Ø  Left testicle has been removed due to shrapnel wounds

Ø  Patient is very anaemic and nervous

Ø  Sleeps poorly

Ø  Patient requires 3 months convalescent treatment

Jun 17, 1917

Admitted to the Queen’s Military Hospital in Kingston, Ontario for treatment for his shrapnel wounds

Jun 18, 1917

Transferred to the Richardson Convalescent Hospital to be treated as an Out-Patient

Sep 4, 1917

Transferred to the Queen’s Military Hospital in Kingston

Oct 3, 1917

To be treated as an Out-Patient of the Queen’s Military Hospital

Oct 18, 1917

To be treated as an in patient of the Queen’s Military Hospital

Oct 31, 1917

To be treated as an Out-Patient of the Queen’s Military Hospital

Nov 16, 1917

To be treated as an in patient of the Queen’s Military Hospital

Jan 31, 1918

Discharged from hospital and the CEF in Kingston, Ontario

Ø  Rank on discharge Private

Ø  Entitled to War Service Badge Class “A”

Ø  Proposed residence on discharge Lakefield, Ontario

Following the end of the war, the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medals were sent to him at Box 367 Lakefield, Ontario

Sep 10, 1918

Married to Edna Alice Payne in Lakefield, Ontario

Jan 31, 1920

John’s wife Edna died in Lakefield, Ontario of a heart embolism

Oct 18, 1921

Married to Ida Jane Lulu Murduff in Lakefield, Ontario

Mar 3, 1976

John Roy Robinson died in New Liskeard, Ontario and was buried in the Lakefield Cemetery, Lakefield, Ontario

John Roy Robinson is remembered on the Wall of Honour
in Peterborough, Ontario

 
He is also remembered on a plaque in the Lakefield, Ontario United Church