Edward Emanuel (Ted) ROBERTSON

ROBERTSON, Edward Emanuel

Service Number: SX4394
Enlisted: 4 June 1940, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 8th Division Salvage Unit
Born: Port Wakefield, South Australia, 28 November 1899
Home Town: Port Wakefield, Wakefield, South Australia
Schooling: Port Wakefield Public School
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Malaria, Prisoner of War, Borneo, 23 May 1945, aged 45 years
Cemetery: Labuan War Cemetery
(V.D.1) Labuan War Cemetery., Labuan War Cemetery, Labuan, Malaysia
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Balaklava WW1 & WW2 Honour Roll, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Port Wakefield Edward Robertson Memorial Park, Port Wakefield Roll of Honour WW2
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World War 2 Service

4 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX4394
4 Jun 1940: Enlisted Private, SX4394, Adelaide, South Australia
4 Dec 1940: Involvement Private, SX4394, 8th Division Salvage Unit
30 Jul 1941: Embarked Private, SX4394, 8th Division Salvage Unit, HMT EE (Marnix van St. Aldegonde), Melbourne
8 Feb 1942: Involvement Private, SX4394, 8th Division Salvage Unit, Malaya/Singapore
15 Feb 1942: Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore
23 May 1945: Involvement Private, SX4394, 8th Division Salvage Unit, Prisoners of War

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Biography

Pte. E E Robertson AIF of Port Wakefield aged 44, married with four children. Son of Mrs Johanna Robertson of Port Wakefield. Educated at Port Wakefield public School. Fond of football. A labourer in civil life. Enlisted in 2nd AIF on 4th June 1040. Reported missind in Malaya in February 1942, prisoner of war in Borneo. He had three sons-in-law in the Fighting Forces.

Information supplied from The Personal Pictorial Honor Roll of South Australians who enlisted in the Second World War.

Died of Malaria while in Borneo as a POW.

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