Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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John Rutherford Robertson
Military Information
- Date of enlistment: 22.09.1914
- Place of enlistment: Valcartier, Quebec.
- Service no: 9757
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry
- Unit/Ship: 3rd Battalion
- Place of Death: Belgium
- Age at Death: 19
- Date of Death: 23.04.1915
- Burial Country: Belgium
- Cemetery: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Addenda Panel 58
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 09.06.1895
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address:
- Occupation: Mechanic
- Mother:
May Ann Robertson, 21 Lammerton Tce, Dundee
- Father:
John Robertson, 21 Lammerton Tce, Dundee
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about John Rutherford Robertson
John has no known grave but is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial. Following his death his Captain wrote to his mother as follows “He was by my side when we were making a charge, he fell with a rifle shot through the neck”.
For more information on John visit John’s Memorial and John’s Service Record and Circumstances of Death Register
There is also an entry for John in the Morgan Academy Roll of Honour, Available on Friends of Dundee City Archives website.
There are also several references to John in the local Dundee Newspapers available in Dundee Central Library.
Advertiser 16/05/1915 page 2, 17/05/1915 page 9, and 19/05/1915 page 3.
Courier 19/05/1915 page 3.
Evening Telegraph 15/05/1915 page 1, and 04/06/1915 page 4.
Peoples Journal 22/05/1915 page 7.
Information researched and supplied by Gary Thomson
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