Robert ROBERTSON

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Service Number:	421
Enlisted:	21 August 1914, Enlisted at South Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	North Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Porter
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 25, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

21 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 421, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at South Melbourne
21 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 421, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 421, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne

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Husband of Edith May Robertson of 209 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne. Father of Robert Albert Robertson

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Edith May Robertson of 209 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne. Father of Robert Albert Robertson

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal