| Service number | 3921, VX38973 |
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| Ranks Held | Acting Sergeant, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Colonel |
| Birth Date | 28/10/1894 |
| Birth Place | Australia: Victoria, Geelong |
| Death Date | 18/01/1942 |
| Death Place | Malaya |
| Final Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Service | Australian Army |
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Lieutenant Colonel John Charles Robertson
Rolls
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 6th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant
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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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First World War Embarkation Roll:
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Acting Sergeant
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Roll of Honour:
- Unit
- 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
Timeline
| Career summary 5 | Interim Army 18 Jan 42- on pillion of motorcycle while on way to make contact with Brigade HQ. | |
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| WW1 Service 3 | 6th Light Trench Mortar (Lieutenant) Battery | |
| Career summary 6 | Buried Bakri | |
| Date of birth | 28/10/1894 | |
| Date commissioned | 16/05/1914 | |
| Pre WW1 Service 1 | 16/05/1914 | Lieutenant 70th Infantry Regiment |
| Interwar Service 1 | 01/07/1915 | Lieutenant 69th Infantry Regiment |
| Date of embarkation | 08/02/1916 | |
| WW1 Service 1 | 14/08/1916 | Second Lieutenant 23rd Battalion |
| WW1 Service 2 | 04/01/1917 | Lieutenant |
| Date of recommendation honour or award | 30/05/1917 | |
| Interwar Service 2 | 01/10/1918 | 2/23rd Infantry Regiment |
| Interwar Service 3 | 30/03/1921 | Captain |
| Interwar Service 4 | 31/03/1921 | 23rd Battalion |
| Interwar Service 5 | 31/03/1924 | Unattached list |
| Interwar Service 7 | 01/07/1929 | 23/2st Battalion |
| Interwar Service 6 | 31/03/1929 | 23rd Battalion |
| 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 1 | 16/11/1939 | Major Commanding Officer 23/2st |
| Career summary 3 | 29/10/1940 | Enlisted 2AIF |
| Career summary 2 | 17/10/1940 | 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 4 | 15/08/1941 | Arrived Singapore |
| Date of death | 18/01/1942 | |
| Killed in action | 18/01/1942 |