Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of William Robertson and Marguerite Poirier. Husband of Marie Elizabeth Joséphine (alias Margaret) LeGouffe, of Toronto, Ontario. Father of Leo, Arnold, Jean and James Robertson, and adoptive father of Iva, Elva and Mildred Best. Iva would marry in 1936 to Claude Moore, service number E-29985, Royal Rifles of Canada, killed in action in Hong Kong on 26 December 1941. Oscar’s brother, Louis William Thomas Robertson, service number E-29942, Royal Rifles of Canada, was made prisoner of war in Hong Kong and in Japan and he survived the war.
Oscar stated being born on 24 Octobre 1911 in New Richmond when he enlisted. He served in Québec, in New Brunswick, in Newfoundland with Force W, in Hong Kong with Force C. He had 513 days of service, including 57 overseas.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
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Memorial
Rifleman OSCAR ROBERTSON is one of 30 members of the Royal Rifles of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps who are commemorated on this panel of the Sai Wan Memorial. He was one of 290 Canadian soldiers killed during the defense of Hong Kong, from December 8th to December 25th, 1941. -
Inscription
Dedicatory inscription of the SAI WAN MEMORIAL. This memorial bears the names of more than 2,000 Commonwealth servicemen, including 228 Canadians. -
Newspaper clipping
Rifleman OSCAR ROBERTSON was reported Missing in Action in the Canadian Army's 244th overseas casualty list of the war published in the Globe and Mail on January 9, 1943. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
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Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
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In memory of those who served in Hong Kong during World War 11 and did not come home. Submitted with permission on behalf of the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association by Operation: Picture Me. -
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Rifleman Oscar Robertson
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Oscar Robertson
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Rifleman Oscar Robertson
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Oscar Robertson
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Rifleman Oscar Robertson
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Oscar Robertson
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Rifleman Oscar Robertson
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Rifleman Oscar Robertson
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Rifleman Oscar Robertson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 43 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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