Pte. John Alexander ROBERTSON
1886 - 1918 (31 years)-
Name John Alexander ROBERTSON Prefix Pte. Birth 4 Nov 1886 Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland Gender Male WW1 11 Jun 1915 Niagara Falls, Niagara, New York, U.S.A. CEF, Manitoba Regiment 37th Battalion #408871 WWI service 2 Sep 1918 Dury, Pas De Calais, France [1] Death 2 Sep 1918 Dury, Pas De Calais, France [2, 3, 4, 5] Burial Arras, Pas de Calais, France [6] Address:
Faubourg d'Amiens British Cemetery
Arras, FrancePerson ID I41790246 Whitewater Region Early Families Last Modified 7 Dec 2021
Father John ROBERTSON d. Yes, date unknown Mother Elizabeth WOOD d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F4464 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Photos Cobden Memorial Hall Plaque with Names of Fallen Soldiers
The Cobden Sun, Nov 13, 1919WWI Memorial Plaque - Cobden Legion
Photograph provided by Wayne Bennett
Documents CHx-Memorial Hall Corner Stone Laid
newspaper article-The Cobden Sun, Aug 29, 1919 p. 1Robertston, Pte. John Alexander, Canadian Virtual War Memorial (military)
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/574851?John%20Alexander%20RobertsonCHx-Two documents found in corner stone of destroyed Memorial Hall
Newspaper Clipping from the 1958 Scrapbook of Irene McLaren,
provided to Fay Bennett by Jack McLaren
Robertson, Pte. John Alexander letter
The Renfrew Mercury February 1, 1918, p. 1Robertson, Pte John A. died of wounds
The Renfrew Mercury, Oct 4, 1918Robertson, Pte. John Alexander
The Renfrew Mercury, Oct 4, 1918
Histories Robertson, Pte. John Alexander - casualty WWI
Articles and information compiled by Fay Bennett
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Notes - Cobden of the Past FB Page, Nov 8, 2018
Pte. John Alexander Robertson of Cobden was a labourer who enlisted Mar 1, 1915 at age 28 and died 2 Sep 1918 in France, age 31. In August of 1917 he was admitted to hospital in London with a gunshot wound to his face and gas poisoning after which he returned to duty. He was the son of John Robertson and Elizabeth Wood (it is not known if they came to Canada). He was born in Glasgow, Scotland and two of his sisters also came to this area. Elizabeth m. Clifton O?Brien of Westmeath Twp., and Margaret m. Hugh Shields also of Westmeath Twp. Pte. Robertson was serving with the 87th Canadian Battalion when killed in action.
WW1:
- served in France
Aug 6, 1917 - GSW face & shell gassed
Sep 2, 1918 GSW multi
WWI service:
- . "When near the 'jumping off' trench during an attack on enemy positions Southwest of Dury, he was wounded by shrapnel and evacuated to the Field Ambulance where he succumbed to multiple wounds."
- Cobden of the Past FB Page, Nov 8, 2018
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- [S871] Church, Les & Aldine, Newspaper - Births, Deaths and Marriages Abstracts From the Renfrew Mercury 1871 - 1924.
- [S492933] Church, Les & Aldine, Newspaper - Births, Deaths and Marriages Abstracts From the Renfrew Mercury 1871 - 1924.
- [S494211] Veterans Affairs Canada, Mil-Canadian Virtual War Memorial, ((www.veterans.gc.ca/eng)), ). (Reliability: 3).
- [S494210] Canada., Mil-WWI Personnel Records of the First World War, ( Library and Archives Canada . https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx.).
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- [S494207] Canada., Mil-War Graves Registers, Canada (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948, (Ancestry.com Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.).