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Alexander Holcombe ROBERTSON

Date of birth4 October 1869
Place of birthSt Kilda, Victoria
SchoolMelbourne Grammar School, Melbourne, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBank accountant
AddressHolmwood, Fellow Street, Kew, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation46
Next of kinMrs E M Robertson, Holmwood, Fellow Street, Kew, Victoria
Enlistment date1 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentLieutenant
Unit name8th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board SS Makarini on 15 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularJoined the Bank of New South Wales,Melbourne branch, August 1890. transferred to Maldon branch, March 1892; to Rochester branch, April 1898 (appointed ledger keeper); to Perth, Western Australia, branch, January 1902; to Fremantle branch, May 1902 (subsequently appointed teller); to Elmore branch (as accountant), July 1905; to Melbourne branch, August 1913.
FateReturned to Australia 13 February 1917
Discharge date24 April 1917
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Transferred to 60th Bn, 24 February 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Sources'Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour' (Sydney, 1921), p. 334.

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