ROBERTSON, Ernest Gordon
| Service Numbers: | 361, V361154 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 March 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dooen, Victoria, 10 March 1888 |
| Home Town: | Ballan, Moorabool, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Ballarat, Victoria , 18 March 1975, aged 87 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Beech Forest WWI Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 361, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 361, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 361, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 30 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 361, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 21 Jan 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 24th Infantry Battalion | |
| 16 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 24th Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Oct 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 24th Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Jan 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 24th Infantry Battalion | |
| 11 Feb 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 24th Infantry Battalion |
World War 2 Service
| 18 May 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, V361154 |
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"...361 Lance Corporal Ernest Gordon Robertson, of Beech Forest, Vic. L/Cpl Robertson enlisted on 20 March 1915, he was commissioned on October 1918 and served as a Second Lieutenant with the 24th Battalion." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
Ernest Gordon Robertson (or E. G. as he liked to be called) met and married Edith May Hall in 1918 while attending officer training in England. They had 5 children, Mary, Gordon, Fred, Rhoda and Edith. They farmed mainly sheep in the Ballan, Victoria district and had a property called Thwaites on the Ballan - Geelong Road.
Mrs Edith Robertson died on 23 November 1938.
EG remarried Daisy Cameron in 1944 but Daisy died in 1955.
EG was very active in retirement. He was a member of the Ballan Racing Club and Ballan Bowling Club. He enjoyed visits from his children and grandchildren and was well regarded in the Ballan community.
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