Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
John Robertson
Military Information
- Date of enlistment: 04.11.1914
- Place of enlistment: Montreal, Canada
- Service no: 63757
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry
- Unit/Ship: 3rd Battalion
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 07.05.1891
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address:
- Occupation: Specialist
- Mother:
Jemima Robertson
- Father:
John Robertson, 33 North British Buildings, Methil, Fife
- Siblings:
Oliver
- Spouse:
- Children:
- Age at Death: 79
- Date of Death: 01.11.1970
- Place of Death: Queen Mary Veterans Hospital, Montreal
- Burial Country:
- Cemetery:
More about John Robertson
Son of John Robertson and Jemima Robertson (nee Mills); younger brother of Oliver Mills Robertson (Service No. 63758)Tried by District Court Martial July 2, 1919 for ‘Committing a civil offence, that is to say stealing, in that he at Witley, on or about 15 June 1919, stole a safe, the property of the Army and Navy Canteen Board’. Convicted and sentenced to be reduced to the ranks, to be imprisoned with hard labour for two years, and to discharged with ignominy from His Majesty’s Service.
Discharged in disgrace and incarcerated in H.M. Prison at Wandsworth.
John was the brother of Pte Oliver Mills Robertson, 63758, 3rd Battalion Canadian Infantry, who was killed by a bomb 18.11.1915, whilst demonstrating its use.
Gary Thomson, additional information kindly supplied by C.G.W.P.
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