John Robinson (Australian rules footballer) explained

John Robinson
Fullname:John Ware Robinson
Birth Date:28 December 1891
Birth Place:St Kilda, Victoria
Death Place:Melbourne, Victoria
Originalteam:Caulfield Grammar
Height:5ft 11in (180 cm)
Weight:12 stone (76 kg)
Guernsey:26
Statsend:1912
Years1:1912
Games Goals1:1 (0)

John Ware Robinson (28 December 1891 – 25 February 1966) was an Australian rules footballer who played with University in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He served in the First AIF, and was awarded a Distinguished Conduct Medal in 1917.

Family

The son of Rev. Samuel Robinson (1841-1899), D.D.,[1] [2] and Annie Roger Robinson (1860-1939), née Ware,[3] [4] and known as "Jack" to his family, he was born in St Kilda on 28 December 1891.[5] While at the university he was one of the secretaries of the Australian Student Christian Movement;[6] and, by 1922, he was its "travelling secretary".[7]

He married Jean Hawthorne Hutchinson (1899-1990) on 25 July 1923;[8] they had a daughter, Judith MacRae, née Robinson.[9] He died on 25 February 1966.[10]

Education

Educated at Caulfield Grammar School from 1902 to 1911,[11] [12] he studied at the University of Melbourne. His studies were suspended due to his war service; and he eventually graduated Bachelor of Arts (in absentia) in 1921.[13]

Athletics

A fine athlete, he competed in the high jump and 120 yards hurdles for Caulfield Grammar, in the team (which included Dick Gibbs)[14] that won the 1911 Schools Amateur Athletic Association championships.[15]

Football

Caulfield Grammar

He had been captain of the School's First XVIII at Caulfield Grammar in 1911.[16]

University of Melbourne

In addition to playing Inter-Varsity football for the University of Melbourne,[17] and playing for the University in the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA) competition, he played well on the single occasion that he appeared for the Melbourne University First XVIII in the VFL competition (on 18 May 1912, against St Kilda).[18] He was awarded a full blue for football in 1913.[19]

The University team withdrew from the VFL competition prior to the 1915 season; and, although he might have been given an automatic clearance to transfer from University to Melbourne, his enlistment meant that he was unable to play any more football at that time.

Old Caulfield Grammarians

In 1920, when the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association decided to resume its inter-club competition (the competition had been suspended during the war), Old Caulfield Grammarians was one of the eight teams that competed in the competition's first year. Jack Robinson was the team's first captain.[20]

Military service (WWI)

Suspending his University studies, he enlisted in the First AIF in October 1914, and served in the Australian Camel Field Ambulance; and, later, the 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance. He sustained a gunshot wound in action in 1915, but soon returned to active service. He returned to Australia

Military Honours

"For gallantry and marked devotion to duty during and after the battle of Magdhaba on 23rd December, 1916. He was conspicuous in his efforts at the successful collection of wounded during and after the battle. But for his untiring and successful efforts many wounded would have undoubtedly been left out overnight. Also at the battle of Rafa on 9th. January 1917, this non-commissioned officer displayed great devotion to duty and rendered splendid service in the collection of wounded under fire. Both in the Field and in Camp he has displayed marked ability as Transport Serjeant." — (Original recommendation in full.)[24]

Grazier

On his return from active service, and having graduated from University, he spent at least twenty years as a sheep grazier on "Nar-Darak", at Molesworth, Victoria.[25] [26]

Military service (WWII)

Robinson enlisted in the Army Reserve in March 1942, at the age of 51, and served until late 1945.[27]

See also

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9526370 Deaths: Robinson, The Argus, (Saturday, 1 April 1899), p.1
  2. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9526506 Death of the Rev. Dr. Robinson, The Argus, (Saturday, 1 April 1899), p.7
  3. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/6220250 Marriages: Robinson—Ware, The Argus, (Wednesday, 6 February 1889), p.1.
  4. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/204922239 Deaths: Robinson, The Age, (Monday, 7 August 1939), p.1.
  5. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8393514 Births: Robinson, The Argus, (Saturday, 9 January 1892), p.1.
  6. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/165750200 Gordon College, The Geelong Advertiser, (Tuesday, 19 August 1919), p.2.
  7. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4623751 Personal, The Argus, (Thursday, 22 June 1922), p.6.
  8. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2009272 Marriages: Robinson—Hutchison, The Argus, (Saturday, 11 August), p.11.
  9. She married Ian Campbell Macrae in August 1950: The (Melbourne) Herald, (Friday 25 August 1950), p.11.
  10. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TItVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mpYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6644%2C4786174 Deaths: Robinson, The Age, (Monday, 28 February 1966), p.15
  11. Webber, 1981; Wilkinson, 1997.
  12. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/203326420 Caulfield Grammar School, The Age, Monday 16 December 1912, p.15.
  13. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/242492114 Degrees Conferred, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 23 April 1921), p.5.
  14. Photograph of the team, including Robinson and Gibbs, is at Wilkinson (1997), p.54.
  15. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/224940986 Athletics, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 18 November 1911), p.23.
  16. Wilkinson (1997), p.50.
  17. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/56704032 Football, The (Adelaide) Register, (Tuesday, 11 August 1914), p.5.
  18. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11676878 St. Kilda Outlast University, The Argus, (Monday, 20 May 1912), p.5.
  19. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/198372517 University Blues, The Leader (Saturday, 18 October 1913), p.22
  20. https://www.caulfieldgrammarians.com.au/jack-robinson Alumni Profiles: History: First Captain of CGFC – Jack Robinson
  21. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/232449755/24995915 (Despatch), Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No.174, (Thursday, 11 October 1917), p.2664.
  22. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/119526144 (News), The Creswick Advertiser, (Friday, 21 June 918), p.2.
  23. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/232472229/24999572 Award of the Distinguished Conduct Medal, Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No.133, (Tuesday, 21 August 1917), p.1786.
  24. https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/awm-media/collection/RCDIG1068079/document/5490262.PDF Recommendation for Award: No.838, Serjeant John Ware ROBINSON, Collection of Australian War Memorial.
  25. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/64699363 Molesworth, The Alexandra and Yea Standard, (Friday, 15 November 1929), p.3
  26. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/224479562 Auction Stock and Property Sales, The Weekly Times, (Wednesday, 12 December 1951), p.10.
  27. Web site: World War II Roll: ROBINSON, John Ware . Department of Veterans Affairs.

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