Fonds Fonds 30 - Paul Robison fonds

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Paul Robison fonds

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PPCLI Fonds 30

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5 cm of textual records

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(1935-)

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Born 22 September 1935, Paul Robison was raised in Calgary and enlisted with the Calgary Highlanders in the fall of 1951. He was promoted to Officer Cadet prior to enrolling in Royal Roads Military College in 1954 for one year. He continued his education at the University of Alberta graduating in 1958 with a Bachelor of Arts. During his post-secondary schooling Robison continued his militia career as an Officer Cadet in the Canadian Officer Training Corps for a year and then in the Regular Officer Training Program. In the summer of 1957 he took his phase 3 training in Germany. Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Spring of 1958, Lieutenant Robison was posted to the First Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in Victoria, British Columbia. In 1960 he was transferred to Edmonton, Alberta as a recruiting officer until 1962 when he was promoted to Captain and posted to Ghana's Military Academy as an instructor for one year then as a Company Commander in their recruit training school for another year. In 1964 Captain Robison was appointed Second in Command of B Company, Second Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry then, following the Company Commanders' Course, Assistant Chief Instructor and finally Adjutant of the PPCLI Depot . He was posted back to the Second Battalion and joined them in Germany in 1967 as Officer in Charge of A Company, then Second in Command of Support Company and finally Chief Instructor of the Battle School. In 1970 Captain Robison was remustered to the General List and posted to Base Edmonton as a Personnel Selection Officer. In 1972 Captain Robison accepted a position as Assistant to the Dean of Arts at the University of Calgary and rejoined the Militia as a Personnel Selection Officer until his retirement from the military in 1975. He retired from the University of Alberta as Admin Director, Officer of the Board of Governors in 1996.

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The fonds contains instructions, Exercise Relief Pitcher, Fort Macleod, Germany (1968); précis, "Layout of a training course with troops" (1955); course outline and notes, INSTR 1" (1964-1965); a file on theory of military history (ca. 1956-ca. 1964); and a file on military writing (ca. 1949-ca. 1968).

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Gift of Paul Robison, 2001.

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Accession 01.45 is an autographed portrait of Capt. Owen Gardner donated by Robison. It is located in the Individual Files photo collection.

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