PERSONAL ITEMS
Private Thomas G. B. Robb, among those reported wounded at the Dardanelles, is a son of Mr T. Robb, of Hampden street West. He left as a member of the Bearer Corps. -Nelson Evening Mail, 10/6/1915.
PERSONAL ITEMS
Mr T. Robb, of Hampden-st West, received a telegram from the Defence authorities yesterday, stating that his son, Private Thomas Robb, who was wounded at the Dardanelles, was still dangerously ill. -Nelson Evening Mail, 17/6/1915.
Thomas Robb's Army record shows that he was admitted to the Hospital Ship "Gascon" with gunshot wounds to the spine and chest on June 1, 1915. On June 7 he was admitted to a hospital in Alexandria, Egypt, and died one month later.
Private word was received in Nelson last evening that Mr Thomas Robb, a retired employee on the Nelson section of railways, had passed away at Timaru yesterday afternoon. Mr Robb, who was very well known in Nelson and the district served by the railway, severed his connection with the Railway Department on account of ill-health, and had been living in retirement. Accompanied by Mrs Robb he about three weeks ago proceeded South for the benefit of a change of air. It will be remembered that a short time since Mr Robb received word of the death of his son, one of New Zealand's Ambulance Corps at Gallipoli, and the loss was severely felt by him. Deceased was greatly respected, and his geniality and courtesy won for him a host of friends, who will sincerely mourn his loss. -Colonist, 9/1/1916.
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