ROBERTSON, Harry
| Service Number: | 2273 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 June 1915, Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sprent, Tasmania, 11 March 1894 |
| Home Town: | Sprent, Central Coast, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Sprent State School |
| Occupation: | Farm lLabourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 6 April 1917, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2273, Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2273, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2273, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Fremantle | |
| 6 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2273, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 6 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2273, 12th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cindi Thorn
Brother of 270 Pte. Leslie Ernest Robertson (/explore/people/284270), 12th Infantry Battalion, who was killed in action on 25 April 1915 at Gallipoli
"Mr W. F. Robertson, of Sprent, has received the sad intelligence that his son, Private Harry Robertson, was killed in action between April 6 and 10. The deceased soldier left Tasmania two years ago with the 6th Reinforcements of the 12th Battalion. He was at Gallipoli, where he contracted enteric, going to England to recuperate, He then returned to the trenches, where he had been for the past nine months. His brother, Private L. E. Robertson, took part in the memorable landing, and was killed five days later. Much sympathy is felt for Mr Robertson, who has now lost both his sons." - from the Launceston Daily Telegraph 03 May 1917 (nla.gov.au)
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