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ROBERTSON, Lewis Alexander
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3151 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Bunbury, Bunbury, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway fireman |
| Died: | Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 20 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle 849 Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Midland WW1 Clock Tower & Town Hall Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3151, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 13 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 3151, 11th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 3151, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
The son of John and Hannah Robertson, 34 Charles Street, South Fremantle, Western Australia.
His older brother, 2717 Lce. Cpl. Frederick Robertson, also in the 11th Battalion AIF, later died of wounds in England on Boxing Day, 1917, aged 25.