Edwin Thomas ROBERTSON

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ROBERTSON, Edwin Thomas

Service Number:	3090
Enlisted:	25 September 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia, 13 May 1882
Home Town:	Latrobe, Latrobe, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in action, Belgium, 5 October 1917, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial Plot XXXV, Row E, Grave 10.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Latrobe War Memorial, Sassafras Methodist Church Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

25 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3090, 40th Infantry Battalion
10 Feb 1917:	Involvement Private, 3090, 40th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
10 Feb 1917:	Embarked Private, 3090, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Adelaide

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Edwin Robertson was one of two siblings killed during 1917. His older brother, 2134 Lance Corporal Albert George Robertson had died of wounds suffered at Messines during June 1917, also serving with the 40th Battalion AIF.

Their parents, Alexander and Johann Robertson, of Latrobe, Tasmania, had both passed away during 1907.

Edwin only joined his unit on the Western Front a month before he was killed near Passchendaele, Belgium.

His medals went to his oldest brother, David Roy Robertson.

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