ROBERTSON A.H.

Given Names:  Alexander Holcombe

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Unit:  8th Battalion, 9th reinforcements                                                                             

Rank:  Lieutenant                                                                                                            

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Age:  45 Yrs  10 Mths

Occupation:  Bank Accountant                                                                                        

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  7¾ In                  

Weight:  161 Lbs

Chest:  36-39 In

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ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  1/7/1915

Place: 

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Elizabeth Mary Robertson

Holmwood', Fellows Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                          

Embarkation Date:  15/9/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  SS Marakani

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Benalla  

Embarked:  13/2/1917                               

Disembarked: 

Unit:  8th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Lieutenant

Discharge Date:  24/4/1917                       

Place: 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  7229

British War Medal:  19236

Victory Medal:  19110

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  4/10/1869

Place:  St Kilda, Victoria                          

Father:  James ROBERTSON                   

Mother:  Katherine REES

MARRIAGE

Year:  1907     

Place:  Bendigo                                       

Spouse: Elizabeth Mary SAIS

DEATH

Date or Year: 29/11/1949                        

Place: Kew, Victoria                                

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Landed in Gallipoli on 1/12/1915, and after the evacuation was sent to Tel-el-Kebir

Later on he went to Serapheum, until 24/2/1916 when he was transferred to 60th Battalion

April 1916 appointed quartermaster to 5th Division Base Depot, and at the end of June 1916 was placed in command of the 5th Division Details until they proceeded to France, when he joined 15th Training Battalion at Salisbury Plains

Took part in the battles of the Somme in December 1916 & January 1917, but became ill with influenza

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

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