Coming Soon.
ROBERTSON, William John
Personal Details
Service Number: | 6817 |
---|---|
Enlisted: | 29 May 1916, Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | England, 1882 |
Home Town: | Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
Schooling: | England |
Occupation: | Coachbuilder |
Died: | 27 January 1959, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | New South Wales Garden of Remembrance (Rookwood Necropolis) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
29 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6817, 7th Infantry Battalion, Sydney, NSW | |
---|---|---|
17 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6817, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Napier embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
17 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6817, 7th Infantry Battalion, SS Port Napier, Sydney |
Personal Stories
Help us honour William John Robertson's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John and E ROBERTSON, 81 Milton Avenue, East Ham, Essex, England
Willam saw service in France and was wounded on 4th October 1917 at Broodsinde and returned to Australia and was discharged as medically unfit 30 August 1918.
He was a retired window cleaner residing at Queenscliffe NSW at the time of his death.