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Military service
Service number:
105045
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
28th Bn.
Birth:
April 19, 1897
Whitewood, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
September 7, 1915
Whitewood, Saskatchewan
Death:
April 9, 1917
Vimy, France
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Son of Lauchlin Robertson and his wife, Jacobina Dow, of Whitewood, Saskatchewan.
Brother of Duncan Robertson who died on January 9, 1917 while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment).
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Private Selby Mervin Robertson
Digital gallery of
Private Selby Mervin Robertson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 317 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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