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     Clifton Bernard Robotham was born on 24 May 1885 at Emu Bay, Tasmania, Australia.

     Melnoth Harris Robotham was born on 19 January 1888 at Emu Bay, Tasmania, Australia.

     Ocar Mansfield Robotham was born on 30 September 1891 at Emu Bay, Tasmania, Australia.

     Lindley Percival Robotham was born on 20 February 1895 at Emu Bay, Tasmania, Australia.

     Private Lance Desmond Robotham was born on 21 January 1917 at Tasmania, Australia.^1,2 He served in 2nd Australian Imperial Force, 2/40th Battalion, on 19 June 1940 TX3430 Private (Pte) Lance Desmond Robotham, 2/40th Battalion AIF, of Launceston, Tas. Pte Robotham enlisted at Ridgley, Tas, on 19 June 1940 and in December 1941embarked with his unit to defend Timor following a series of Japanese attacks throughout the Pacific on 7 and 8 December. Pte Robotham was captured when his battalion was forced to surrender to the Japanese on Timor on 23 February 1942. He was one of 772 Australian, British and American prisoners being transported in the Tamahoko Maru to work in Japan when on 24 June 1944 the ship was sunk by the submarine USS Tang. Pte Robotham was one of 559 killed.
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Name: ROBOTHAM, LANCE DESMOND
Initials: L D
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry
Unit Text: A.I.F. 2/40 Bn.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 24/06/1944
Service No: TX3430
Additional information: Son of Harold Vincent and Ethel Ann Robotham,of
Ridgley, Tasmania, Australia.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 134.
Memorial: SINGAPORE MEMORIAL. He died on 24 June 1944 at at sea, on the Japanese ship 'Tamahoko Maru', at age 27 Died a prisoner of the Japanese.

     Elaine Ruth Robotham was born on 22 June 1924 at Tasmania, Australia. She died in 1979.

     Her married name was Bramich. Margaret Landrigan was born in 1824 at Ireland. She married Joseph Bramich, son of Thomas Bramich and Jane Smith, on 30 April 1851 at Morven, Van Diemen's Land, Australia.^1,2 Margaret Landrigan lived in 1880 at Australia. She died on 3 March 1883 at Port Sorell, Tasmania, Australia.^1,2 She was buried circa 6 March 1883.¹

     Ellen Jane Bramich was born on 24 January 1852 at Van Diemen's Land, Australia.^1,2

     Anna Maria Bramich was baptized on 23 June 1853 at Evandale, Van Diemen's Land, Australia.^1,2
She was born on 23 June 1853 at Evandale, Van Diemen's Land, Australia. She died on 15 May 1910 at Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia, at age 56.

     Margaret Bramich was born on 28 February 1855 at Westbury, Tasmania, Australia.^1,2

     Martha Bramich was born on 21 March 1857 at Tasmania, Australia.^1,2 She died on 4 May 1905 at Port Frederick, Tasmania, Australia, at age 48. She was buried circa 6 May 1905 at Latrobe Cemetery, Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia.

     Eliza Bramich was born on 1 January 1860 at Tasmania, Australia. She died on 19 June 1860 at Tasmania, Australia.

     James Thomas Bramich was born on 28 July 1861 at Tasmania, Australia.^1,2 He died on 13 March 1940 at Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia, at age 78.

     Joseph Charles Bramich was born on 7 September 1863 at Tasmania, Australia.^1,2 He died on 13 September 1940 at Tasmania, Australia, at age 77.

     Her married name was Owen. Phyllis Cantrell was born on 29 April 1923 at Perth, Western Australia, Australia.¹ She married Donald Joseph Owen, son of Walter Owen and Olive Alberta Bramich, on 13 September 1942 at Australia. Phyllis Cantrell died on 6 October 2005 at Perth, Western Australia, Australia, at age 82.¹ Her body was cremated MEMORIALISED AT KARRAKATTA CEMETERY
Memorial Type: Ground Niche Special
Memorial Location
Karatta Cemetery Lance Howard Memorial Gardens H 0040
on 8 October 2005 at Karatta Cemetery, Lance Howard Memorial Gardens, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.¹

     Patrick McNamara was born circa 1 January 1873. He married Mary Ann Woollcott, daughter of Richard William Woollcott and Annie Clift, in 1898 at Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia.

     Her married name was McNamara. Mary Ann Woollcott was also known as Mary Ann Clift.¹ She was born circa 1 January 1878. She married Patrick McNamara in 1898 at Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia.

     Ernest Leslie Gordon McNamara was born in 1899 at Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia.

     Gwendoline McNamara was born in 1901 at Perth, Western Australia, Australia. She died in 1903.

     Frederick George McNamara was born in 1903 at Perth, Western Australia, Australia. He died in 1959 at Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia.

     Patrick John McNamara was born on 9 June 1905 at Perth, Western Australia, Australia.¹ He married Mary Ward Owen, daughter of Walter Owen and Olive Alberta Bramich, in 1970 at Perth, Western Australia, Australia. Patrick John McNamara died on 19 January 1981 at Perth, Western Australia, Australia, at age 75.

     Ivy George was born in December 1898 at Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. As of 1921,her married name was Collier. She married Alfred John Collier, son of Edward Thomas Collier and Mary Ellen Ebbutt, in 1921 at Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.