James Buchanan ROBERTSON

ROBERTSON, James Buchanan

    Service Number: 230
    Enlisted: 15 February 1915, Clunes, Vic.
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: No. 6 Training Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
    Born: Nathalia, Victoria, Australia, 1895
    Home Town: Clunes, Hepburn, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Plumber
    Memorials: Tourello Walnut Grove Honour Roll
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    World War 1 Service

    15 Feb 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 230, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Clunes, Vic.
    10 May 1915: Involvement Corporal, 230, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    10 May 1915: Embarked Corporal, 230, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
    7 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 230, 23rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    6 Feb 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Egypt
    10 Mar 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Egypt
    28 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 230, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
    3 May 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 230, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second)
    20 Sep 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 230, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Menin Road
    4 Oct 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 230, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge
    18 Dec 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), England
    22 Jul 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), England
    4 Oct 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, No. 6 Training Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, England
    22 Oct 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, No. 6 Training Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, England
    20 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, No. 6 Training Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, RTA 3 May 1919 and discharged (appointment terminated).

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    Biography contributed by Robert Wight

    Brother: 766 Corporal Colin Campbell ROBERTSON, 22nd Bn, died of wounds, Ville sur Ancre, 19 May 1918.

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