George ROBARTSON

ROBARTSON, George

Service Number: 7434
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: Sanitary Section
Born: Cobden, Victoria, Australia., 28 December 1877
Home Town: Scotts Creek, Corangamite, Victoria
Schooling: Cobrico, Victoria, Australia.
Occupation: Well Borer
Died: Atherosclerosis, Nunawading,Victoria, Australia., 8 April 1960, aged 82 years
Cemetery: Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria
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World War 1 Service

6 Dec 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7434, Sanitary Section, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
6 Dec 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7434, Sanitary Section, HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle
28 Mar 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7434, 13th Field Ambulance

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Biography contributed by Nancy McAdie

George was born at Cobrico and attended school here. George received several awards for good behaviour & attendance while at school along with his sister Emma & brother Luke.

Private George Robartson visited Cobrico in June 1919, after an abscence of 23 years. He was on leave from Caulfield Military Hospital. While at Cobrico, he visited the school, and gave the boys a football.

 George purchased property at Scotts Creek & lived there for several years in a humpy type building he erected. This property was later purchased by his nephew Boyce Wilson (my father) who had helped develop it after his return from WW2.

He is listed on the Cobrico State School Honor Roll.

Camperdown Chronicle, 17 April 1917 page 4.

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