| Regimental number | 253 |
| Place of birth | Gympie Queensland |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
| Occupation | Miner |
| Address | Gympie, Queensland |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 31 |
| Next of kin | Father, William Gillespie Robertson, Craig Street, Redhill, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Enlistment date | |
| Rank on enlistment | Sapper |
| Unit name | Mining Corps 1, Company 1 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Sapper |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Tunnelling Company |
| Fate | Died of disease |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 34 |
| Place of burial | Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row F, Grave No. 203), France |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 27 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William ROBERTSON and Margaret WHITE, his wife, Methyr Road, New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland. Native of Gympie, Queensland |