Arthur Campbell ROBERTSON

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ROBERTSON, Arthur Campbell

Service Number:	34
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	25 July 1877, place not yet discovered
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Camp Hill, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 22 October 1935, aged 58 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 34, Queensland Imperial Bushmen
18 May 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 34, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900.
1 Jun 1900:	Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 480 notes promoted to Corporal 1 Jun 1900.
29 Dec 1900:	Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 480 notes promoted to Sergeant 29 Dec 1900.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Arthur Campbell Robertson served in the South African (Boer) War as a Private S.N. 34 (rising in rank to Corporal, then Sergeant) in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen. Murray, p. 475 indicates he was further promoted to Lieutenant on transfer to the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen but he does not appear on the nominal roll for that contingent.

He was born in Brisbane on 25 Jul 1877 as the last child of Francis Robertson and Elizabeth Campbell. He was the grandson of Isabella Grant, of Penmenshell Hall, Scotland, and a grand nephew of Sir Francis Grant of Scotland. After returning from the war he married, Martha Jane Busch, on 26 Nov 1902 and they had four children.

(source AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 475 and 480; African War Veteran : Death of A. Campbell Robertson, The Telegraph, 25 Oct 1935 p. 6).

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