ROBERTSON, John
Service Number: | 1936 |
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Enlisted: | 22 January 1915, Oaklands, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Born: | Motherwell, Scotland, date not yet discovered |
Home Town: | Port Adelaide, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
Schooling: | Dalziel Public School, Motherwell Scotland |
Occupation: | Ironmoulder |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915, age not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" LONE PINE MEMORIAL-Panel 56. , Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Motherwell War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
22 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1936, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Oaklands, South Australia | |
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20 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1936, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
20 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1936, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Hororata, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 35 and the son of John and Isabella Veitch Robertson. [The AIF Project gives his age at embarkation as 37]
Address in Australia: Mr Stanley, Seamans Mission, Port Adelaide, South Australia.
Next of kin:Sister, Mrs Bella Russell, Leigh Bank, Orbiston Street, Motherwell, Scotland
Enlistment date 22 January 1915.
His unit Unit from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 20 April 1915.
He is commemorated on the Motherwell War Memorial which stands in the Duchess of Hamilton Park in Motherwell, Strathclyde, ML1, Scotland.