Brigadier General James Campbell Robertson

Ranks Held Brigadier General, Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Temporary Brigadier General, Temporary Lieutenant Colonel
Birth Date 24/10/1878
Birth Place Australia: Queensland, Toowoomba
Death Date 22/01/1951
Death Place Australia: Queensland, Toowoomba
Final Rank Brigadier General
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 11th Infantry Regiment, Australian Military Forces
  • 12th Australian Infantry Brigade
  • 2nd Australian Division
  • 6th Australian Infantry Brigade
  • 9th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • Artillery
Place Toowoomba
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918

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    Document


    Letters received by Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood, 3 January 1917 – 14 December 1917

    Personal Files Book 21, 3 October - 24 November 1918

    Extracts of letters relating to Henry Stanley Davis, 1916-1917

    Extracts of letters relating to Henry Stanley Davis, 1916-1917

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Timeline

Date of birth 24/10/1878
Other 29/08/1903 Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the 14th Light Horse Regiment.
Date promoted 16/11/1908 Promoted to Captain
Other 31/01/1910 Moved to the unattached list.
Date promoted 01/07/1912 Became a Captain in the 11th Infantry (Darling Downs Regiment).
Date promoted 01/09/1913 Became brevet Major and was commanding the 11th Infantry when the war broke out.
Other units 21/08/1914 Second in Command 9 Battalion.
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 20/08/1914 Appointed to the AIF as a Major and became second in command of the 9th Infantry Battalion.
Date of embarkation 24/09/1914
Date promoted 21/08/1914 Appointed Major.
Other 04/12/1914 9 Infantry Battalion arrived in Egypt.
Date promoted 28/06/1915 Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.
Date wounded 25/04/1915 Landed at Anzac Cove with the 9th Battalion and was wounded and evacuated to Egypt.
Other units 13/12/1915 Brigadier, 3 Brigade Headquarters.
Other 03/06/1915 Returned to Anzac as senior officer of the battalion and took command.
Other 09/09/1915 Evacuated with enteric fever.
Date of honour or award 1915 For services at Gallipoli, made a Companion of St Michael and St George (CMG) and Mentioned in Despatches.
Other units 31/03/1915 Commanding Officer 9 Battalion.
Date promoted 31/05/1915 Appointed Temporary Lieutenant Colonel.
Date of recommendation honour or award 06/10/1916
Other units 10/01/1916 Rejoined 9 Battalion.
Other units 18/11/1916 Commanding Officer 12 Infantry Brigade.
Date promoted 01/03/1916 Appointed Colonel.
Date promoted 18/11/1916 Appointed temporary Brigadier General appointed to command the 12th Infantry Brigade.
Date promoted 24/09/1917 Brevet Lieutenant Colonel.
Date of recommendation honour or award 08/03/1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 09/1917
Date of honour or award 1917 For services at the Western Front, was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) and Mentioned in Despatches three times.
Date of recommendation honour or award 09/03/1918
Other units 18/07/1918 Commanding Officer 6 Infantry Brigade.
Other units 07/06/1918 Director of training AIF Depots in the United Kingdom.
Other units 24/05/1918 AIF Headquarters.
Date promoted 01/08/1918 Appointed to Colonel.
Other units 15/10/1918 Temporary Commanding Officer 2nd Australian Division.
Other units 02/12/1918 Resumed command 6 Infantry Brigade.
Date of recommendation honour or award 24/09/1918
Date of honour or award 1918 Made a Companion of the Bath (CB) and Mentioned in Despatches twice.
Other 1919-09-01 - 1919-09-30 Officiated as General Officer Commanding AIF Depots in the United Kingdom.
Other units 07/04/1919 Assumed command No 2 C Group.
Date of recommendation honour or award 30/01/1919
Other 1920 - 1926 Commanded the 3rd Brigade and the 7th Brigade.
Date returned to Australia 1920
Other 02/03/1920 AIF appointment terminated.
Other 1944 Placed on the retired list with the rank of Brigadier General.
Date of death 22/01/1951 Died of cancer and buried with full military honours.

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