b'1003: Another original letter to Mrs Robertson from the same correspondent and on the same date:Since writing to you this morning.I have received from one of my Officers a fuller report of the surrounding circumstances.you will see that he died bravely fighting to the end, and exposing himself to inspire confidence in the men under his command. Thus he died a gallant Australian Soldier.the letter enclosed in the original OHMS envelope bearing a 16th August 1915 AUST & NZ ARMY CORPS /HEADQUARTERS/ FIELD P.O. datestamp.4: A leather tobacco pouch (returned to the widow) with 9ct rose gold plaque engraved to A.J.Robertson From the Staff of The G.S.O. W.A. 20.5.15.At the time Robertson applied to join the A.I.F. as an officer he was employed as a mining engineer and geologist by the W.A. Mines Department.Associated items:5: James Robertson (Alexanders father):BANK STREET SCHOOL, EMERALD HILL silver medal (41.5mm, by W.J. Taylor, London) engraved versoJames Robertson / FIRST PRIZE / Highest Class /22nd Dec. 1870 / JAs. SMITH / Headmaster6: February 1884 Victorian Teachers Certificate of 697 Competency (printed on vellum by Sands & McDougall issued to James Lang Robertson; additionally endorsed in mss verso regarding his position as head teacher of School No.1976 696 (Bendigo), describing him as a very good school manager and GALLIPOLI souvenir scarf A Souvenir Of The Greattrainer of junior teachers.World War And The Glorious Part Played By Australia7: May 1886 University of Melbourne Master of Arts And New Zealand with flags and scene of theCertificate (vellum with full seal) issued to James Land Gallipoli landing and the wreck of the Emden afterRobertson and signed by the Acting Chancellor and the her fight with The Sydney off the Cocos Islands. committee.Housed in a fine Australian blackwood8: St. Andrews College, Sandhurst, Victoria, DUX silver medal Folk Art style frame with gilt slip. engraved to A.J.R. Robertson 1902.scarf 46 x 60cm, 83 x 102cm overall 9: Mrs Annie McArthur Robertsons Commonwealth Savings $600800Bank passbook (1932-34). (Ann was Violets middle name).697 $8001,200SUPREME SACRIFICE, HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR699HIS FRIENDS, GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN, WW1 period framed military photo portrait, TURKEY - World War One Star, also known as the 33 x 28cm overall Gallipoli Star medal/badge; 1915, with B.B.&Co $150250 verso under pin; enamel and nickel-plated brass. Some (remnant) ribbon present.698 $200300SECOND LIEUTENANT ALEXANDER JOHN700ROBERTSONKILLED IN ACTION AT GALLIPOLI,WWI BRONZE MEMORIAL PLAQUE: inscribed He Died for AUGUST 1915 Freedom and Honour, in the name of LEO ALPHONSUS A group of items associated with Robertsons death, shortlyKENNEDY, and issued to his next of kin; pierced at top, blank after his arrival at Gallipoli, together with some Robertsonon reverse, 120cm diameter, weight 14.7gr.family items: Leo Alphonsus Kennedy born in 1895 in Hamilton (Vic) 1: The Dead Mans Penny issued in Robertsons name,enlisted on 24th May 1915, and was assigned as a trooper accompanied by the letter from George V headedserving with the 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Trail, Buckingham Palace and the folded cardboard case in whichwhere he saw service in Gallipoli. In May 1917 he transferred it was delivered. to the12th Light Horse Regiment, and was killed in action at El 2: An original letter on crested letterhead from Lt. Col.Sharia, Palestine on 7th November 1917. After the war, he was J. Lyon Johnston, headed XI Battalion 1st A.I.F., Aug.interred at Beersheba War Cemetery.15th 1915, addressed to Robertsons wife, Violet. The letter$160200 informs her of her husbands death on August 6th, two days after joining the 6th Reinforcements on the 4th.On that morning the Turks made an attack in force on a701trench which we had previously capturedA few of theWORLD WAR ONE DIARIES & DOCUMENTSEnemy succeeded in getting into our trench near where Lt.50th BRIGADE MACHINE GUN COMPANY,Robertson was stationed, and in the severe fighting that1916-18:ensued he was unfortunately shot. The hand-written diaries are the detailed operation records/the letter still contained in the original OHMS envelopereports belonging to the estate of the late William B. Martin of bearing a 15th August 1915 3rd AUST INF. BDE. FIELD P.O.Ballarat, Victoria. Martins name first appears in the diary entry datestamp. for 14 February 1916: We were inspected by Major-General'