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Robert Maxwell Robertson

1890-1947

Unit

3rd Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37459

About

Born in Scotland

17 April 1890
Parents

Mother

Ellen Robertson

Father

James Robertson

Settled in New Zealand

1912
Residence

Hometown

Kaitangata
Work

Occupation

Coal-miner

Employer

Kaitangata Coal & Oil Company
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

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British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 57

27 August 1947

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5550 83/0098762, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.II, Roll No.45, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 36.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Robert Maxwell Robertson (1890-1947)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/729

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