On enlistment he states he was born New York, USA. Family sites say he was born in Wellington
He was born 1895. Headstone reads aged 58 (1898)
Enlisted 12 Nov 1917 from 55 Courtenay Place, Wellington
Private 72551
DE MAINE-ROBERTSON
On December 12 1942, at St Andrew's Church, Carterton, by the Rev W. J. Couling, Mary Brown, only daughter of Mr and Mrs B. Robertson, Carterton, to Arthur De Maine, elder son of Mrs Bird, Petone