ROBERTSHAW, Charles Leonard
| Service Number: | 2378 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 June 1916, Cadets |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 36th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | St Peters, New South Wales, Australia, 31 August 1896 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Broadmeadow, New South Wales, Australia, 9 December 1962, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 3-211. 43. |
| Memorials: | Newcastle East Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2378, 36th Infantry Battalion, Cadets | |
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| 17 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2378, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2378, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 27 Feb 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2378, 36th Infantry Battalion, 3rd MD Discharged medically unfit due to acute appendicitis |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, now resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
59 years ago today, on the 10th December 1962, Private Charles Leonard Robertshaw, 36th Battalion (Reg No-2378), carpenter from 64 Bolton Street, Newcastle, New South Wales and Chapman's Road, Broadmeadow, N.S.W., father of two (Charles & Gloria), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 66. ANGLICAN 3-211. 43.
Born at St Peters, New South Wales on the 31st August 1896 to Widdop and Edith Robertshaw; husband of Annie M Robertshaw nee Kinnear (married 1916, Hamilton, N.S.W., died 1959?) of Chatham Road, Broadmeadow, N.S.W., Charles enlisted May 1916 at Broadmeadow, N.S.W.
Charles was invalided home December 1916 with acute appendicitis, being discharged medically unfit on the 27th February 1917.
Mr. Robertshaw’s name has been inscribed on the Hamilton Municipal District Roll of Honor and the Newcastle East Public School Roll of Honour (photo, unveiled on the 25th April 1917, 61 names originally inscribed, 83 names now inscribed, only 5 names denoted as Fallen). Name not inscribed on the Newcastle Progressive Carpenters & Joiners Roll of Honour.
I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label at Charles’s gravesite in remembrance of his service for God, King & Country.
Did not receive Victory Medal.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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