The
following transcription is of a page 1 article in the 26 Oct
1916
issue of the Simcoe Reformer newspaper.
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transcriber]
Lorne Robins Killed in
Action
And still the Honour Roll
lengthens. Pte. Lorne
Robins is reported killed in action.
His
mother lives on Robinson Street, in Simcoe.
Two brothers and a sister, Mrs.
George Start,
whose husband is in the 133rd, survive.
Pte. Robins was reported wounded
sometime
ago, but went back to the trenches.
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The
following transcription is of a page 1 article in the 22 Feb 1917
issue of the Simcoe Reformer newspaper.
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transcriber]
Simcoe Soldier Killed in
Action
Lorne Robins, reported
killed in action, enlisted with
the 76th Battalion at Niagara in
August, 1915, for home defense.
He was eighteen years old
and the fourth son of the late James K. and Mrs. Robins of
Robinson Street, Simcoe, and worked as a feeder in the Simcoe
Lithograph pressroom.
He was previously reported
as missing after participating in an action on September 25th,
1916.
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The
following is a lightly edited transcription of a page 1 article in the 22 Feb 1917
issue of the Waterford Star.
Lorne Robins
Killed
Mrs. James K. Robins of
Simcoe, formerly of Waterford, is slow to believe that her son,
Pte. Lorne Robins, reported Monday as killed in action, is really
dead.
The advice ran previously
reported killed in action on 25 Sep last. In fact, this is the
third wire received from the war office regarding him.
Young Robins, then 18 and a
feeder in the Litho press rooms Simcoe, enlisted in Aug 1915 at
Niagara, for home guard work. Another brother was rejected. He
signed up with the 76th and was successfully transferred to the
37th and 3rd. He is the fourth son. Two are in the munitions
factory in Hamilton and one an invalid at home.
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Lorne's Attestation paper: side
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2
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