Source: 153rd Wellington web site.
Family Search: When Private George Edward Robertson was born on 16 June 1891, in Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, his father, George Charles Marr Stophani Robertson, was 24 and his mother, Lydia Heyer, was 23. He married Martha Heiser on 9 May 1913, in Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Ontario, Canada in 1891 and Preston, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada in 1931. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 25, his occupation is listed as cabinet maker. He died on 21 November 1979, in Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 88, and was buried in Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
“Trade listed as Cabinet Maker. DOB 16-6-91, born Berlin, Ontario. NOK Martha (Heiser) Robertson, wife, married 6-5-13. Enlisted Elora 15-1-16 (age 25 years 7 months). On 153rd Battalion Nominal Roll 5-2-16, no transfer noted. On 153rd Nominal Rolls as published Guelph Mercury 10-6-16 and 1-12-16. Embarked with 153rd Halifax N.S. SS Olympic 29-4-17. Arrived Liverpool 7-5-17. Assigned 25th Reserve for Training and Administration. Taken on Strength 18th Battalion 14-12-17. GSW right thigh 6-4-18. Globe and Mail Casualty List 14-4-18 under Infantry reports ‘wounded.’ Returned to Canada aboard SS Olympic 14-12-12, Halifax, N.S. Demobilized London 20-1-19. Ancestry.ca Family Tree: died 1979. Park Lawn Cemetery records Cambridge (Preston), Section 4D Lot 176.. Headstone photo courtesy B. Gilbert. Photo ph23910 courtesy Wellington County Museum & Archives.
File: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 8356 – 4, courtesy Library & Archives Canada.”










