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ROBERTSON, Alexander Smeaton

Personal Details

Service Number:	Commissioned
Enlisted:	27 October 1914, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Monifieth, Dundee Scotland, 31 August 1884
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Perth Academy, St Andrews University Scotland
Occupation:	Architect
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

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World War 1 Service

27 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, Commissioned, 21st Infantry Battalion, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria
24 Mar 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 21st Infantry Battalion
10 May 1915:	Embarked 21st Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A38' Ulysses from Melbourne on 10th May 1915.
26 Aug 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 21st Infantry Battalion
28 Apr 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned, 21st Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the back
12 Aug 1916:	Promoted Australian Army (Post WW2), Captain, 21st Infantry Battalion
26 Aug 1916:	Imprisoned Captured at Monquet Farm near Pozieres on 26th August 1916. Interred at Reserve Lazarett Bergkaserne at Munster, then Offizierlager Gutersloh at Munster, then Offizierlager Schwarmstedt at Hannover and finally Offizierlager Holzminden at Hannover. Repatriated to England 17th December 1918.
25 Mar 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Captain, Commissioned, 21st Infantry Battalion, Service record not clear, appears that Captain Robertson arrived in Australian on 25th March 1919 aboard SS Port Denison.
9 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, Commissioned, 21st Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Previous Military Service

• Two years - 4th Battalion Black Watch
• Three and a half years - 14th Battalion London Regiment / London Scottish

Previous Military Service

• Two years - 4th Battalion Black Watch
• Three and a half years - 14th Battalion London Regiment / London Scottish

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• Australian Red Cross Society Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau files, 1914-1918 War 1DRL/0428
• Military Cross Recommendation
• WW1 Record

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