Source: Post by Allan Miller at the Essex & Kent Scottish Regiment Facebook Group.
Family Search: Private Michael Nicholas Robbins was born on 3 November 1897, in Russia as the son of Aleck Robbyn and Ava. He had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Gladys May. He immigrated to Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, Ontario, Canada in 1914 and lived in Carbon, Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada in 1922 and Bow, Cypress County, Alberta, Canada in 1931. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 19, his occupation is listed as labourer in Wallaceburg, Kent, Ontario, Canada. He died on 15 September 1977, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 79.
Possibly underage. Born in 1900 in Poland/Russia. Service records show surname as Robbin, Robbyns, Robbin.
Robbins, Michael: Service no. 880043. Via Gathering Our Heroes.
Fri, Sep 16, 1977 ·Page 63.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 