Lieutenant D. L. Robertson (Mr J, A. Robertson, High Street School, Dunedin, father), who was killed in action on March 27, was a native of Lovells Flat, having been born there in l889. After gaining his B.A. degree in 1909, and M.A. degree at the age of 21 years, he had a distinguished career in the teaching profession. He went into camp in October, 1916, and left with the 24ths. He has left a widow and child to mourn their loss. Besides being an ardent student, he was a keen athlete, and excelled in swimming, rowing and football. From a letter dated February 4, he states that on three occasions he represented New Zealand Corps Schools for Officers in France at Football, and was on the Football Selection Committee. -Bruce Herald, 18/4/1918.
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LIEUTENANT D. L. ROBERTSON.
Lieutenant Douglas L. Robertson, M.A., killed in action on March 27th, was the eldest son of Mr J. A. Robertson, Dunedin. He was educated at the Otago Boys’ High School, and obtained his M.A. degree with first-class honours at the age of twenty-one. He held positions in the Carterton District High School, the Wellington Technical School, and, at the time of his enlistment he was day master at the Wanganui Technical College. He was a good athlete, and while residing in Wellington was a member of the Brooklyn Harriers’ Club and the Star Boating Club. Lieutenant Robertson leaves a widow and one child. His brother, Mr J. H. Robertson, went to Samoa with the First Expeditionary Force, and is now Collector of Customs and Taxes at Apia. -Evening Star, 25/4/1918.
DEATH.
ROBERTSON. — On April 24, 1918, at Dunedin, Elizabeth Swanson, widow of Lieutenant Douglas Leslie Robertson, N.Z. Expeditionary Forces, and beloved eldest daughter of Jessie and the late David Brims, Dunedin; aged 29 years. Private interment. — Frapwell and Holgate, undertakers. -Evening Star, 25/4/1918.
The Wanganui "Chronicle" states that the many friends of the late Lieutenant D. L. Robertson, of the Technical College, and Mrs. Robertson, will greatly regret to know that Mrs. Robertson passed away at Dunedin on Wednesday evening. Lieutenant Robertson was killed in action on March 27, and this great blow coming upon Mrs. Robertson when she was dangerously ill was too much for her. The late Mrs. Robertson was formerly a teacher in the service of the Otago Education Board, and when Lieutenant Robertson went into camp, Mrs. Robertson, despite delicate health, bravely took up teaching at the Technical College, and for some time at Kai Iwi. One little boy, three years of age, is left to mourn the loss of both father and mother. -Dominion, 27/4/1918.
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