VX38973/Lieutenant Colonel John Charles Robertson, MC, VD

Date of birth	1894-10-28	Australia: Victoria, Geelong
Pre WW1 Service 1	1914-05-16	Lieutenant 70th Infantry Regiment
Date commissioned	1914-05-16
Interwar Service 1	1915-07-01	Lieutenant 69th Infantry Regiment
WW1 Service 1	1916-08-14	Second Lieutenant 23rd Battalion
WW1 Service 2	1917-01-04	Lieutenant
Interwar Service 2	1918-10-01	2/23rd Infantry Regiment
Interwar Service 3	1921-03-30	Captain
Interwar Service 4	1921-03-31	23rd Battalion
Interwar Service 5	1924-03-31	Unattached list
Interwar Service 6	1929-03-31	23rd Battalion
Interwar Service 7	1929-07-01	23/2st Battalion
Career summary 1	1939-11-16	Major Commanding Officer 23/2st
Appointment	1939-11-16 - 1940-10-17	Battalion: 23/2st; Rank on appointment: Lieutenant Colonel; Appointed from: Major 23/2st Battalion; Reason for end of appointment: new command -Infantry Battalion: Australian Imperial Force Battalion
Career summary 2	1940-10-17	Lieutenant Colonel Commanding Officer 2/29th Battalion
Appointment	1940-10-17 - 1942-01-18	Battalion: 2/29th; Rank on appointment: Lieutenant Colonel; Appointed from: Commanding Officer 23/21st; Reason for end of appointment: killed in action: Muar
Career summary 3	1940-10-29	Enlisted 2AIF
Career summary 4	1941-08-15	Arrived Singapore
Killed in action	1942-01-18
Career summary 6		Buried Bakri
Career summary 5		Interim Army 18 Jan 42- on pillion of motorcycle while on way to make contact with Brigade HQ.
WW1 Service 3		6th Light Trench Mortar (Lieutenant) Battery
Date of death	1942-01-18	Malaya

Occupation: Fuel Merchant