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Colin Campbell ROBERTSON

Regimental number766
Place of birthNathalia Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationDriver
AddressService Street, Clunes, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs M A Robertson, Service Street, Clunes, Victoria
Enlistment date18 April 1917
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll11 April 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameMachine Gun Company 2, Reinforcement 14
AWM Embarkation Roll number24/7/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 30 October 1917
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll22nd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 19 May 1918
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialFranvillers Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 7), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
97
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Margaret ROBERTSON, "Silverrae", Service Street, Clunes, Victoria. Native of Nathalia, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: [230] Lt James Buchanan ROBERTSON, 6th Training Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, returned to Australia, 3 May 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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