ROBERTSON  W.K.

Given Names:  William Kenneth

               

Service Number:  758

Unit:  Machine Gun Company 10, 13th reinforcements                                                      

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  18 Yrs  9 Mths

Occupation:  Student                                                                                                     

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  7 In                     

Weight:  126 Lbs

Chest:  31-34 In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fair

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  13/4/1917

Place:  Hawthorn

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs May Robertson

Bedford Road, East Kew, Victoria                                                                                     

Embarkation Date:  26/11/1917

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  SS Indarra

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Marathon                                        

Embarked:  19/4/1919                               

Disembarked:  7/6/1919

Unit:  5th Machine Gun Battalion                                                                                                   

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  5/7/1919                         

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  72110

Victory Medal:  68713

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  3/7/1899

Place:  Labassa, Fiji                                 

Father:  William ROBERTSON                  

Mother:  Emily JOHNSTONE

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1924     

Place:             

Spouse: Ella Hunter ROSS

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 3/9/1952                            

Place: Brisbane, Queensland                    

Burial:  ,

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

WW1 & WW2 files amalgamated

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  Q194610                                     

Date Enlisted:  31/7/1940                                        

Date Discharged:  23/11/1943

 

COMMENTS

Stated to have been 16 when enlisted

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary