Henry Tyneside WATERS ROBERTSON (1896

Henry Tyneside WATERS ROBERTSON (1896 - 1917)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	Henry Tyneside WATERS ROBERTSON (1896 - 1917)	Edward Duncan ROBERTSON (1876 - 1954)	John ROBERTSON (1835 - 1911)	Duncan ROBERTSON
				Janet (ROBERTSON)
			Rebecca GARDINER (1850 - 1934)	Henry GARDINER (1802 - 1850)
				Sarah Jane WATSON (1828 - 1903)
		Elizabeth Jane WATERS (1874 - 1946)	Thomas WATERS

			Mary Jane DIGGINS

b. 1896 at Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

d. 02 Apr 1917 at France aged 21

Cause of Death:

Killed in action

Near Relatives of Henry Tyneside WATERS ROBERTSON (1896 - 1917)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	John ROBERTSON	1835	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia	25 Nov 1911	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	76
Grandmother	Rebecca GARDINER	28 May 1850	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	13 Feb 1934	Allawah, New South Wales, Australia	83
Grandfather	Thomas WATERS
Grandmother	Mary Jane DIGGINS

Father	Edward Duncan ROBERTSON	1876	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	22 Oct 1954	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	78
Mother	Elizabeth Jane WATERS	1874	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	02 Oct 1946	Canberra, ACT, Australia	72

Self	Henry Tyneside WATERS ROBERTSON	1896	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	02 Apr 1917	France	21

Brother	Harold William ROBERTSON	1900	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	17 Dec 1985	Canberra, ACT, Australia	85
Brother	Frederick George ROBERTSON	1902	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	13 Oct 1954	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	52
Brother	Edward ROBERTSON	1904	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	18 Sep 1974		70
Sister	Jessie May ROBERTSON	1906	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	2002		96
Sister	Elisie Mary ROBERTSON	abt 1909	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Brother	John Watson ROBERTSON	abt Sep 1911	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	25 Nov 1912	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1
Sister	Ivy Rebecca ROBERTSON	1914	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Brother	Norman James ROBERTSON	1917	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

Aunt	Sarah Janet (Jessica) ROBERTSON	abt 1865	Canberra, ACT, Australia	22 Feb 1926	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	61
Uncle	James CARTWRIGHT	1852	Loughborough, Leicestershire, England	30 Dec 1917	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	65
Aunt	Katherine ROBERTSON	abt 1867
Aunt	Mary ROBERTSON	1868	Acton, ACT, Australia	18 Dec 1935	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	67
Uncle	George Frederick PERCIVAL	1866	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia	02 Feb 1932	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	66
Aunt	Margaret ROBERTSON	27 Mar 1870	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	28 Jun 1961	Royalla, ACT, Australia	91
Uncle	Thomas Edward Edmund BAMBRIDGE	17 Nov 1863	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	13 Dec 1915	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	52
Aunt	Eliza ROBERTSON	1873	Acton, ACT, Australia
Aunt	Rosanna ROBERTSON	1874	Acton, ACT, Australia
Uncle	Montague Watson ROBERTSON	1879	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	05 Apr 1918	France	39
Aunt	Elsie Elizabeth DIBLEY
Uncle	Herbert William ROBERTSON	1882	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	23 Oct 1949	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	67
Aunt	Elizabeth STOBBS
Uncle	Walter Richard ROBERTSON	1886	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	09 Oct 1960	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	74
Aunt	Mary Jane MCCAULEY	1888	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	03 Jul 1965	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	77
Aunt	Emily Elizabeth ROBERTSON	1888	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Uncle	Hector MOUSTAKA
Uncle	Alexander THRELFALL
Uncle	Harold William ROBERTSON	abt 1889	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	05 Aug 1893	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	4
Uncle	Verna J ROBERTSON	1892	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	16 Jan 1918	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	26
Aunt	Charlotte FORRESTER	1872	Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Uncle	Frederick FORRESTER	1873	Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Aunt	Catherine Jane FORRESTER	1875	Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia	14 Jun 1965		90

Cousin	Florence CARTWRIGHT	1875	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Margaret CARTWRIGHT	1877	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	15 Jul 1906	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	29
Cousin	Eliza Beatrice CARTWRIGHT	1879	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	James CARTWRIGHT	1881	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1936	Balmain, New South Wales, Australia	55
Cousin	Thomas CARTWRIGHT	1882	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1946	Ryde, New South Wales, Australia	64
Cousin	William Ambrose CARTWRIGHT	1884	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	01 Aug 1947	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	63
Cousin	Albert John CARTWRIGHT	1885	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1950	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	65
Cousin	Ernest CARTWRIGHT	1887	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1938	Marrickville, Sydney, Australia	51
Cousin	Alice Maud CARTWRIGHT	1888	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Nina Carol Pansy CARTWRIGHT	1890	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1891	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1
Cousin	Reginald Edward CARTWRIGHT	1892	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1963	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia	71
Cousin	George Samuel PERCIVAL	1890	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	17 Nov 1962	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	72
Cousin	Frederick Arthur PERCIVAL	1891	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1891	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	0
Cousin	Eva Alice May PERCIVAL	1893	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	12 Dec 1932		39
Cousin	Mary Henrietta PERCIVAL	04 Dec 1896	Pyrmont, New South Wales, Australia	1985	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia	89
Cousin	Harry Arthur PERCIVAL	1899	Young, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Cecil Herbert PERCIVAL	1902	Young, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Eric Sidney Hilton PERCIVAL	1904	Temora, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Edna Maud PERCIVAL	1907	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	13 Jul 1994	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	87
Cousin	Wilfred Charles PERCIVAL	1911	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Ernest Thomas BAMBRIDGE	1905	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	22 Jun 1982	Turramurra, New South Wales, Australia	77
Cousin	Montague Herbert ROBERTSON	1920	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Eleanor May ROBERTSON	1921	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Vera May ROBERTSON	1904	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Alma Jean ROBERTSON		Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Herbert James ROBERTSON		Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Thelma Alice ROBERTSON		Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Leslie Richard ROBERTSON	1912	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Una Kathleen ROBERTSON	abt 1916	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

Niece	Olive Joyce ROBERTSON	1924	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
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Sister in Law	Olive Priscilla Gertrude Rose DAWSON	1896	Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia	28 Apr 1979	Canberra, ACT, Australia	83
Sister in Law	female KELLY			19 Oct 1966	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Brother in Law	Thomas William RICKMAN			1978	Lakes Entrance, Victoria, Australia
Brother in Law	Thomas TRAILL
Brother in Law	Sidney Leo GOGGIN			20 Oct 1966	Canberra, ACT, Australia

Events in Henry Tyneside WATERS ROBERTSON (1896 - 1917)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1896		Henry Tyneside WATERS ROBERTSON was born	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	50215/1913	18
02 Apr 1917	21	Henry Tyneside WATERS ROBERTSON died	France		18

Personal Notes:

Roll of Honour - Harry Robertson
Also known as: Henry Robertson
Service Number: 2226
Rank: Private
Unit: 55th Australian Infantry Battalion
Service: Australian Army
Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918
Date of death: 02 April 1917
Place of death: France
Cause of death: Killed in action
Age at death: 20
Place of association: Queanbeyan, Australia
Cemetery or memorial details: Lebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension, Lebucquiere, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France

Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/5595202

Advertiser (Adelaide) 18 Jun 1917

A VILLAGE FIGHT

AUSTRALIANS AND GERMANS

(From the Australian War Correspondent,

Mr. C. E. W. Bean.)

British Headquarters,

France, April 14, 1917.

The fight has been so fast of late that I have had no time until to-day to tell of one of the finest village fights which our men have made against the German rear- guard. This is the early morning attack which the New South Wales troops launched against the German rearguards defending the villages of Louverval and Doignes just north and south of the Cam- brai-road, which is our same old Bapaume- road of the Pozieres days, only another 12 miles on. Louverval was just to the north of the road, and Doignes a little south of it. The attack was made before the dawn. On the Cambrai-road some way before you come to either village is a beetroot factory -one of the factories for making sugar, of which this country- side is full. Every farming district seems to own its sugar factory out in the middle of the farms. This one, like all three about here, has been blown down by the Germans, and they had made dugouts in the bank of a sunken road, which ran in front of it. Some of the New South Welshmen had just moved over the crest of the hill, which opened the factory and villages to them, when rifle and machine- gun fire started. Five minutes later a flare suddenly shot into the air from near the sugar factory. It was at that moment that our scouts reached the place where it was thrown. The next minute a scout was into the man who fired the flare and bayoneted him.

Given Away by a Dog.

The outbreak of firing was against the most southerly party. Some of them had also been nearing the sugar factory. As they moved through the dark across the paddock, keeping the dark shapes of the trees on their flank, a small dog, rather like a Kelpie, jumped up from the stubble and yapped at them, and then ran off towards the edge of a sunken road, where they could dimly see the heads of men moving. They took it that the men be- hind the bank were their own men over- lapping them. As they neared them the small dog ran up to the strangers, and then turned and growled fiercely at the oncoming troops. A shot was at once fired from the bank. Our troops broke in- to a charge. The figures ahead mostly turned and ran. Some were bayoneted. Others bolted into dugouts and were bombed. Some got clear away across the fields. The sugar factory was taken. To the north of the road in front of Louver- val ran a belt of barbed wire, and to the north of the village and partly around it was its wood, which the Germans had cut

down. These held up the attack for a time, and then the fighting became hot. One man caught in the wire near the factory was heard to shout at the flustered Ger- mans, who were blazing at him and his mate, "Go on, you couldn't hit a haystack." The New South Welshmen in the wood took a German machine gun, and turned it against the Germans. Just as they had it set up it was shattered. Another ma- chine gun was troubling them until the whole crew, except a couple, were shot, and those two managed to get clear with the gun. The Germans fought very stub- bornly. The Australians worked through the wood and the village. They were driven out in the afternoon, but the offi- cers on the spot again attacked without waiting for orders, and the northern half of the attack finally went home and stayed. Meanwhile the leading men of the southern party, had forwarded the Germans whom it had driven from the sunken road across the fields towards Doignes. The Germans made a stand behind a hedge in front of the vil-

lage. The Australians, as soon as they

were near enough, charged, and the Ger- mans ran, only to make a stand behind another hedge and bank of a sunken road near the further end of the village. There were more of them here, and our men paused for a while, others following them who had been held up by the stiff fighting near Louvervale. They could not carry out their intention of enveloping the vil- lage on the south as they had intended. But they moved round and enveloped it on the other flank instead, which proved every bit as useful. The Germans holding the road in front of the first party began to be fired on from the flank. They saw men moving towards their rear, and they

bolted.

Coffee on the Fire.

In the village, when the leading party reached it, the breakfasts were standing ready in the dugouts and the billets. There was tinned meat and a bottle that looked like cognac. The wary party left that cognac alone. The men have learned to mistrust the German and his belongings however innocent they may look. Instead, someone threw a bomb into the place. The next instant the dugout was blown up - fortunately at another entrance. In an- other cellar an officer's breakfast was ready, all laid out and the coffee-pot steam-

ing on the fire. The breakfast was finished then and there. As they pushed through the village an Australian private tripped on a wire across the street near the small village bridge. A fountain of water went up from the stream along the bridge as if a mine had exploded there, but the bridge was not broken. Another wire was pulled, and a house, rather better than most, was suddenly blown down. The explosion scattered amongst the brickdust a shower of papers. It was a headquarters. Four or five mines were set off as the troops entered the place, either by trip wires or by the enemy, but as far as I can hear not a man was injured, and they had not the slightest influence on the attack. The Germans had no sooner left these two vil- lages than they made unceasing efforts to win them back. Five times during the day they were seen assembling or advanc-

ing to attack. Once or twice an aero- plane spotted them and called up the guns at once and put them on to this target. At other times it was the artillery obser- vers who saw them, at other times the in-

fantry. In each case a hail of shrapnel

was called down upon them and the attack dwindled.

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- Reference = Judith Laws 24 Oct 2014 (Name, Notes)

- Notes: Henry (Harry to the family) was born prior to Jane’s marriage. Birth(and Baptism) was registered as Waters. In 1913, his birth was again registered as Henry Robertson with both parents noted. 50215/1913.

ROLL OF HONOUR:
Date of death: 2 April 1917
Cause of death: Killed in action
Cemetery or memorial details: Lebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension, France
War Grave Register notes: ROBERTSON, Pte. Harry, 2226. 55th Bn. Australian Inf. Killed in action 2nd April, 1917. Age 20. Son of Edward Duncan Robertson and Elizabeth Jane Robertson. Native of Queanbeyan, New South Wales. I. B. 6.

- Reference = Judith Laws 24 Oct 2014 (Birth)

- Reference = Judith Laws 24 Oct 2014 (Death)

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