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Australians
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| Surname | | ROBERTSON |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Donald Frederick |
| Regimental Number | | 319 |
| Rank | | Trooper |
| Unit Name | | 5th Australian Commonwealth Horse (NSW) |
| State | | NSW |
Extracts and Comments
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Murray: 'C'Sqn.(Aust.H).
B5207: drover from Gosford NSW, 21 months A Bty. RAA.
URL1: drover aged 24 from Gosford NSW, born in Glenfield next of kin mother in Gosford, 1 year 9 months 'A'Bty RAA.
Source:# 1592 Donald Frederick ROBERTSON born 28.8.1877 at Glenfield NSW. Served in S. Africa as 2666 Driver A Battery Royal Australian Artillery and 319 Trooper 5th Australian Commonwealth Horse. Served again in WW1 enlisting in 1914 as 156 Driver 1st Australian Ambulance. Promoted to Lance Corporal, Corporal, then Sergeant. Medically discharged 1917. Present at Anzac Cove on the morning of 25.4.1915. Also deployed to the Somme in France before being sent to England and being declared medically unfit for service. Lived in Newcastle NSW after the war and owned pubs. Married in 1904 and had 3 sons and 4 daughters. Died June 1943 in Newcastle of a cerebral haemorrhage. Buried at Sandgate Cemetery in the Presbyterian Section.
URL2: WW1 ADFA AIF Database entry.
URL3: WW1 AIF papers at Australian Archives.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 192
B5207: National Archives of Australia series B5207
B4418: National Archives of Australia series B4418
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1592
B2455: National Archives of Australia series B2455
| | External Link URL1 | | naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=686488&I=1&SE=1 | | External Link URL2 | | www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=257508 | | External Link URL3 | | recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=8034574 |
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