Lieutenant General Horace Clement Hugh Robertson

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Service number 3/4, VX20321
Ranks Held Lieutenant General, Captain, Lieutenant, Major, Temporary Major, Major General
Birth Date 29 October 1894
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Warrnambool
Death Date 28 April 1960
Death Place Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Heidelberg
Final Rank Lieutenant General
Service Australian Army
Units
  • 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment
  • 19th Australian Infantry Brigade
  • Japan (British Commonwealth Occupation Force) (13 February 1946 - 28 April 1952)
Places
Conflicts/Operations
  • British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan)
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Korea, 1950-1953
  • Period 1950-1959
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes Biographical information The Oxford companion to Australian military history in 1995
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1947-03-06
Published in London Gazette in 1920-01-12
Published in London Gazette in 1942-06-30
Published in London Gazette in 1917-06-04
Published in London Gazette in 1952-02-05
Published in London Gazette in 1917-07-06
Published in London Gazette in 1950-06-08
Published in London Gazette in 1941-07-08
Published in London Gazette in 1920-01-16
Published in London Gazette in 1951-12-18
Published in London Gazette in 1947-03-06
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1920-04-01
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1920-04-01
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1951-12-06
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-10-11
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1952-02-14
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1950-06-22
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-10-04

Collection items

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    TOCRA. BRIGADIER H. C. H. ROBERTSON AND STAFF OUTSIDE 19TH BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS. THIS BUILDING ...

    Signing of surrender documents by Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Hatazo Adachi, Commander of the ...

    PALESTINE. 1941-11. STAFF AND STUDENTS OF THE AIF MIDDLE EAST (ME) JUNIOR STAFF SCHOOL ...

    TEL-EL-KEBIR, EGYPT. 1941-12. BRIGADIER H.C.H. ROBERTSON, CBS., DSO., COMMANDER OF THE A.I.F. ...

    TEL- EL- KEBIR, EGYPT. 1941-12. VISITING OFFICERS, STAFF AND STUDENTS AT THE SENIOR OFFICER'S ...

    TEL- EL- KEBIR, EGYPT. 1941-12. VISITING OFFICERS, STAFF AND STUDENTS AT THE SENIOR OFFICER'S ...

    TEL- EL- KEBIR, EGYPT. 1941-12. THE SCHOOL STAFF AND STUDENTS AT THE FIRST SENIOR OFFICERS COURSE ...

    SYRIA. BRIGADIER H.C.H. ROBERTSON, CBE, DSO.

    SYRIA. BRIGADIER H.C.H. ROBERTSON, CBE, DSO.

    SYRIA. BRIGADIER H.C.H. ROBERTSON, CBE, DSO.

Rolls

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    British Commonwealth Occupation Force
    Conflict
    Period 1950-1959
    Rank
    Lieutenant General
    London Gazette
    08 June 1950 on page 2780 at position 1
    Commonwealth Gazette
    22 June 1950 on page 1493 at position 25

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    10th Australian Light Horse Regiment
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Temporary Major
    London Gazette
    06 July 1917 on page 6773 at position 56
    Commonwealth Gazette
    11 October 1917 on page 2664 at position 60

  • First World War Embarkation Roll:

    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Conflict
    British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan)

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Conflict
    Korea, 1950-1953

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    British Commonwealth Occupation Force
    Conflict
    Korea, 1950-1953
    Rank
    Lieutenant General
    London Gazette
    05 February 1952 on page 709 at position 2
    Commonwealth Gazette
    14 February 1952 on page 1599 at position 7

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    10th Australian Light Horse Regiment
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    12 January 1920 on page 507 at position 5
    Commonwealth Gazette
    01 April 1920 on page 545 at position 55

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    10th Australian Light Horse Regiment
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Conflict
    Korea, 1950-1953

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    10th Australian Light Horse Regiment
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain
    London Gazette
    04 June 1917 on page 5475 at position 49
    Commonwealth Gazette
    04 October 1917 on page 2626 at position 66

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    10th Australian Light Horse Regiment
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Conflict
    British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan)

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945

  • Honours and Awards:

    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Major General
    London Gazette
    06 March 1947 on page 1091 at position 5
    Commonwealth Gazette
    06 March 1947 on page 750 at position 63

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    10th Australian Light Horse Regiment
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    16 January 1920 on page 700 at position 4
    Commonwealth Gazette
    01 April 1920 on page 546 at position 11

  • First World War Nominal Roll:

    Unit
    10th Australian Light Horse Regiment
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    19th Australian Infantry Brigade
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Major General
    London Gazette
    30 June 1942 on page 2857 at position 3

  • Honours and Awards:

    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Major General
    London Gazette
    08 July 1941 on page 3882 at position 2

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Japan (British Commonwealth Occupation Force) (13 February 1946 - 28 April 1952)
    Conflict
    British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan)
    Rank
    Lieutenant General
    London Gazette
    18 December 1951 on page 6600 at position 1
    Commonwealth Gazette
    06 December 1951 on page 3055 at position 1

Timeline

Date of birth 29 October 1894
Date of enlistment 03 November 1914
Date of embarkation 08 February 1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 24 December 1916
Date returned to Australia 25 August 1919
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 1945-07-26 - 1945-11-30 Appointed commanding officer 6th Division, AIF.
Date of death 28 April 1960

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