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Biographical Dictionary - Coorow, Carnamah, Three Springs


Surname

Donald ROBB

Born 27 May 1910 in Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland [28]
Son of gardener John ROBB and Annie Helen McHARDY [28]
He was one of at least four children with older brothers John and Roderick and a younger sister Annie [20]
In 1921 he was living with his parents and siblings at Leny Cottages in Callendar, Perthshire, Scotland [20]
Departed London, England on the steamship Orsova and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 18 September 1928 [63]
Farmhand on Mount Hampton Farm at Moorine Rock near Southern Cross in 1925 [50]
Resided in Perth prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 16 July 1940 [16]
Class 2 Warrant Officer WX6467 in the Australian Army's 2/3 Field Regiment during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 7 January 1946 [16]
Married Jem Robertson IRELAND in Perth in 1952 [66]
Farmer of Victoria Location 10204 in Eneabba in the 1960s [19]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Dianella [2]
Died 10 November 1977; ashes scattered Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]


Reference:  Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Donald Robb' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 29 March 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/donald-robb [reference list]




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