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John Mann Robertson

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Pte John Mann Robertson

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: 04.12.1914
  • Place of enlistment: Mellville, Saskatchewan.
  • Service no: 425261
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry
  • Unit/Ship: 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles
  • Place of Death: Courcelette, France
  • Age at Death: 22
  • Date of Death: 16.09.1916
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Vimy Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no:

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 03.05.1894
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address:
  • Occupation: Engine Wiper
  • Mother:

    Agnes Ireland Robertson, Watrous, Saskatchewan

  • Father:

    David Alexander Robertson

  • Siblings:

    Alexander, Mary, James & Agnes

  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about John Mann Robertson

John has no known grave but is remembered on the Vimy Memorial. He was the brother of RSM Alexander Robertson, 168, Canadian Army Dental Corps.

For more information on John, visit, John’s Memorial also John’s Service Record and Circumstances of Death Register

There are references to John in the Dundee Peoples Journal 28/10/1916 page 14, also 25/11/1916 page 8, and 20/01/1917 page 7, available in Dundee central Library.

For reasons unknown John Robertson is not included on the original Dundee City Roll of Honour

Information researched and supplied by Gary Thomson

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