| Service number | 3921, VX38973 |
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| Ranks Held | Acting Sergeant, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Colonel |
| Birth Date | 1894-10-28 |
| Birth Place | Australia: Victoria, Geelong |
| Death Date | 1942-01-18 |
| Death Place | Malaya |
| Final Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Service | Australian Army |
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Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-11-08 Published in London Gazette in 1917-07-18 |
Lieutenant Colonel John Charles Robertson
Rolls
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First World War Embarkation Roll:
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Acting Sergeant
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 6th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant
- London Gazette
- 18 July 1917 on page 7255 at position 11
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 08 November 1917 on page 2940 at position 19
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 6th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant
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Roll of Honour:
- Unit
- 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
Timeline
| Date of birth | 28 October 1894 | |
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| Date commissioned | 16 May 1914 | |
| Pre WW1 Service 1 | 16 May 1914 | Lieutenant 70th Infantry Regiment |
| Interwar Service 1 | 01 July 1915 | Lieutenant 69th Infantry Regiment |
| Date of embarkation | 08 February 1916 | |
| WW1 Service 1 | 14 August 1916 | Second Lieutenant 23rd Battalion |
| WW1 Service 2 | 04 January 1917 | Lieutenant |
| Date of recommendation honour or award | 30 May 1917 | |
| Interwar Service 2 | 01 October 1918 | 2/23rd Infantry Regiment |
| Interwar Service 3 | 30 March 1921 | Captain |
| Interwar Service 4 | 31 March 1921 | 23rd Battalion |
| Interwar Service 5 | 31 March 1924 | Unattached list |
| Interwar Service 6 | 31 March 1929 | 23rd Battalion |
| Interwar Service 7 | 01 July 1929 | 23/2st Battalion |
| Career summary 1 | 16 November 1939 | 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 | 17 October 1940 | 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 | 29 October 1940 | Enlisted 2AIF |
| Career summary 4 | 15 August 1941 | Arrived Singapore |
| Date of death | 18 January 1942 | |
| Killed in action | 18 January 1942 | |
| Career summary 5 | Interim Army 18 Jan 42- on pillion of motorcycle while on way to make contact with Brigade HQ. | |
| Career summary 6 | Buried Bakri | |
| WW1 Service 3 | 6th Light Trench Mortar (Lieutenant) Battery |