Circumstances of Casualty: Previously reported Missing, now for official purposes presumed to have died.
Location of Unit at Time of Casualty: Attack at Sanctuary Wood.
BX June 19, 1916
Albert Edward Frost Robinson Reported Missing
Word has also been received that Private. Albert Edward Robinson of the Princess Patricia’s, is reported as missing. Private Robinson is the eldest son of Mr. C.B. Robinson, secretary treasurer of Penman's Limited, and enlisted in Montreal with the Princess Patricia’s.
BC December 16, 1916
Reported Missing
Albert Edward Frost Robinson was born at Montreal, July 7, 1894, and was therefore 22 years of age. His public school education was received at the Lachine Academy, and at the outbreak of the war he was a student at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, where his uncle Dr. Tory is principal. He enlisted at Montreal in August, 1915, with the Third University Company, being reinforcements for the Princess Patricia’s. He had been in the trenches since January, 1916, and was officially reported "Missing", after the battle of Sanctuary Wood early in June, 1916. His Platoon Commander, Lieut. Stanley Fife, a Rhodes scholarship man, and three other Alberta University students, were killed in this engagement, and five wounded. His younger brother, Kenneth, is with the 4th Battalion, and has been recommended for a commission. They are both sons of Mr. C. B. Robinson, Secretary-Treasurer of Penmans Ltd.
BX May 4, 1917
Private A. Robinson of Paris is given today as presumed dead.