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ROBERTSON, John
(Service number 28921)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	26 March 1880	Place of Birth	Scotland

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Gordon's Valley, Timaru
Occupation	Ploughman
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Robert OLIPHANT (friend), Gordon's Valley, Timaru
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	18th Reinforcements, J Company
Date	11 October 1916
Transport	Tofua
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

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Death

Date	24 May 1954	Age	74 years
Place of Death	Scotland
Cause
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New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

John Robertson, 28921, intended to go to Tolly Brae, Aucknagate(?), Abderdeenshire, Scotland, on discharge. He had made out a Will which was in the custody of Mr A. J. Allan, Bank Agent, Maud, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [18 January 2020]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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