Frank Leslie ROBERTSON

ROBERTSON, Frank Leslie

Service Number: 159
Enlisted: 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 6th Infantry Battalion
Born: Prahran, Victoria, Austraia, 1893
Home Town: Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Tailor's Presser
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave Panel 27, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 159, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
19 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 159, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 159, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Ernest and Mary Ellen (Nellie) Robertson of 50 Napier Street, Fitzroy, Victoria. Ernest also served returning to Australia on 10 July 1916 having served with the Printing Section

Brother of James George Robertson who returned to Australia on 8 May 1916 having served with 23rd Battalion

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