ROBARTSON, Luke
| Service Number: | WX792 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 November 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Merredin, Western Australia., 1 October 1912 |
| Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Kalgoorlie, Western Australia., 2001, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 11 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX792, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 24 Aug 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX792, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Private, WX792, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Nancy McAdie
Luke was a Prisoner of war held by the Germans at Stalag V11- A. It was the largest prisoner-of-war camp in Nazi Germany during World War II, located in southern Bavaria. The camp covered an area of 35 hectares (86 acres). It served also as a transit camp through which prisoners, including officers, were processed on their way to other camps. At some time during the war, prisoners from every nation fighting against Germany passed through it. At the time of its liberation on 29 April 1945, there were 76,248 prisoners in the main camp and 40,000 or more in Arbeitskommando working in factories, repairing railroads or on farms.
and Stalog 344;
Australian prisoners of war (P.O.Ws) at Stalag VIII B (later Stalag 344). The Stalag was located in Silesia.
Luke's POW number was 92458.
He was returned safely to Australia.