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ROBERTSON, Jean Black
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Stewardess |
| Last Unit: | SS Wimmera |
| Born: | Hotham, Victoria, Australia, 1868 |
| Home Town: | North Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Sinking of SS Wimmera, At Sea - approximately 24 nautical miles North-West by West of Hooper's Point, New Zealand., 26 June 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Campbell Australian Merchant Seamen Honour Roll, Tower Hill Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Stewardess, SS Wimmera |
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Daughter of Robert Whigham CARSON and mary nee FERGUSON
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic) 17-7-1918
ROBERTSON.--Lost on the S.S. Wimmera, 26th June, 1918, Jean Black Robertson, of Bowen street, Oakleight, widow of the late George Robertson (shipping manager, Jas. Service and Co.), loving mother of Mrs. Bennett (Natimuk), and the late Audrey Robertson, aged 50 years and 1 day.
ROBERTSON.--Lost on S.S. Wimmera, 26th June, 1918, Jean Black Robertson, eldest daughter of the late Robert and Mary Carson, of North Melbourne, loving sister of James Carson (Portarlington), and Annie St. Clair (Oakleigh).