ROBERTSON, Duncan Markham
| Service Number: | 654 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 August 1914, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Loch Alvie, Scotland, 1877 |
| Home Town: | Millicent, Wattle Range, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds - arm, Presidency Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, 31 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery Row M, Grave No. 96 , Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne Grammar School WW1 Fallen Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 654, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 654, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 654, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Angus and Alice Maud Mary Robertson of Victoria' Next of kin given as his brother Angus Robertson of 'The Falls', Narracan, Gippsland, Victoria. Also brother of Eneas McIntosh Robertson, Muriel Alice Robertson and Viola M. Robertson
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Glenunga International High School
ROBERTSON, Duncan Markham was born in Loch Alvie, Scotland, 1877. He was the son of Angus and Alice Maud Mary Robertson Of Victoria' Next of Kin given as his brother Angus Robertson of 'The Falls', Narracan, Gippsland, Victoria. Also brother of Eneas Mclntosh Robertson, Muriel Alice Roberton and Viola M. Roberton.
He moved to Australia and was raised there, his home town was Millicent, Wattle Range, South Australia. Duncan was single and his religion was presbyterian. At age 37, he enlisted as a laborer in the war in 1914, 25 August. He enlisted at Morphettville, SA. He died of wounds on the 31st of May 1915 in Egypt, less than a year after he registered. His memorial is at Chatby War Memorial Cemetery (ROw M, Grave No. 96).
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