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ROBERTSON, William John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1435 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Werris Creek, Liverpool Plains, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 30 August 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension Grave IV. P. 10. INSCRIPTION EVER REMEMBERED , Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Peronne, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 1435, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 1435, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney | |
| 30 Aug 1918: | Involvement Private, 1435, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1435 awm_unit: 33rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-08-30 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
33rd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
He was 29 and the son of David and Marian Robertson, of Home Farm, Fasque, Fettercairn, Kincardineshire, Scotland. He is one of three Australian soldiers of the Great War commemorated on the Fettercairn War Memorial.
Fettercairn (/ˌfɛtərˈkɛərn/, Scottish Gaelic: Fothair Chàrdain) is a small village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, northwest of Laurencekirk in Aberdeenshire on the B966 from Edzell. Fettercairn is also reached via the Cairn O' Mount road (B974) from Deeside.
Address of War Memorial:
New Cemetery on the B966 road at Fettercairn, Scotland.
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