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ROBERTSON, Albert George

Service Number:	2134
Enlisted:	12 July 1916
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Elizabeth Town Tasmania, October 1881
Home Town:	Sheffield, Kentish, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	GSW left arm, CPF left leg, 7/6/1917, 4.14pm on Amb train 26, France, 8 June 1917
Cemetery:	Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row A, Grave No. 23), France, Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, Abbeville, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kentish Municipality Honour Roll Mural, Sassafras Methodist Church Honour Roll, Sheffield War Memorial

World War 1 Service

12 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2134, 40th Infantry Battalion
23 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2134, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
23 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 2134, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Melbourne
23 Apr 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 40th Infantry Battalion
8 Jun 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 2134, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2134 awm_unit: 40th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-06-08

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