Pte. John Alexander ROBERTSON

1886 - 1918  (31 years)

• Name	John Alexander ROBERTSON
  Prefix	Pte.
  Birth	4 Nov 1886	Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  WW1	11 Jun 1915	Niagara Falls, Niagara, New York, U.S.A.
  	CEF, Manitoba Regiment 37th Battalion #408871
  WWI service	2 Sep 1918	Dury, Pas De Calais, France   [1]
  Death	2 Sep 1918	Dury, Pas De Calais, France   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Burial	Arras, Pas de Calais, France   [6]
  	Address: Faubourg d'Amiens British Cemetery Arras, France
  Person ID	I41790246	Whitewater Region Early Families
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	John ROBERTSON   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Elizabeth WOOD   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F4464	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Cobden Memorial Hall Plaque with Names of Fallen Soldiers The Cobden Sun, Nov 13, 1919
  		WWI Memorial Plaque - Cobden Legion Photograph provided by Wayne Bennett

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		CHx-Memorial Hall Corner Stone Laid newspaper article-The Cobden Sun, Aug 29, 1919 p. 1
  		Robertston, Pte. John Alexander, Canadian Virtual War Memorial (military) http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/574851?John%20Alexander%20Robertson
  		CHx-Two documents found in corner stone of destroyed Memorial Hall Newspaper Clipping from the 1958 Scrapbook of Irene McLaren, provided to Fay Bennett by Jack McLaren
  		Robertson, Pte. John Alexander letter The Renfrew Mercury February 1, 1918, p. 1
  		Robertson, Pte John A. died of wounds The Renfrew Mercury, Oct 4, 1918
  		Robertson, Pte. John Alexander The Renfrew Mercury, Oct 4, 1918

  
  

  Histories

  Robertson, Pte. John Alexander - casualty WWI Articles and information compiled by Fay Bennett

  
  

• Sources

  [S494207] Canada., Mil-War Graves Registers, Canada (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948, (Ancestry.com Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.). [S871] Church, Les & Aldine, Newspaper - Births, Deaths and Marriages Abstracts From the Renfrew Mercury 1871 - 1924. [S492933] Church, Les & Aldine, Newspaper - Births, Deaths and Marriages Abstracts From the Renfrew Mercury 1871 - 1924. [S494211] Veterans Affairs Canada, Mil-Canadian Virtual War Memorial, ((www.veterans.gc.ca/eng)), ). (Reliability: 3). [S494210] Canada., Mil-WWI Personnel Records of the First World War, ( Library and Archives Canada . https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx.). [S493874] Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Mil-Commonwealth War Graves Commission, ((www.cwgc.org)), ). (Reliability: 3).