Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Robertson, George Theodore

Born 1896 Launceston Tasmania the son of George and Edith Robertson (nee Thurstan) a clerk he embarked Brisbane 5^th October 1915 on board “HMAT Warilda” with the 26^th Infantry Battalion.

He served in the 92^nd Infantry as a Lieutenant in the machine gun section.

On arrival in France he was appointed corporal 4^th March 1916 and again to sergeant on the 1^st April 1916.

He was killed in action 29^th July 1916 at Pozieres and is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France.

News was received last week from the Defence Department by the Rev J W Grove that Sergeant George Theo Robertson of Trevallyn had been killed in action in France on July 29^th. The late Sergeant Robertson who was about 20 years of age was a member of Patterson St Methodist church. Deceased was educated at the Launceston High School under Major R E Smith and was at school with many of the lads who have recently fallen in the field in France. At the time of his enlistment he was employed by the Tasmanian Permanent Executors and Trustees Association Limited.

The Weekly Courier 14^th September 1916

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