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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Dempster Robert
|Army number=4458042/137371
|Rank=Pte/2/Lt
|Age=0
|Date of birth=Research suggests his birth was 2/10/1912 - registered Q4 1912 - mother's maiden name Greer.
|Unit=Served in the ranks of DLI T no enlistment date. Posted ? 9th Bn DLI.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI. Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS. Posted to 165 OCTU (23.2 R F).  Discharged under King's Regulations 1935 para 383 (xvii) 21/8/40 on being commissioned.   Emergency Commission as 2/Lt in the Black Watch 22/6/1940.  Attended Winter Warfare School, Akureyri.  Posted 1 TS 22/3/1943. Trf Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders,  Posted 4th Battalion.  Posted 7th Battalion A & SH, BAOR. Records to NSRW.  Commissioned as Captain in the TA 25/9/1947.  TARO Captain 2/2/1951.  Ceased TARO liability 5/1/1963 and granted the Honorary rank of Captain.
|Company/Battery=Support Company.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=4 Platoon 24/1/1944.
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939
|Promotions=2/Lt 22/6/40, Lt 22/12/41, T/Captain 27/10/42.
|Died/Killed in action=Research suggests death was registered December 1982, Newcastle-upon-Tyne at the age of 70.
|Home address=46, Moorside, Fenham, Newcastle
|Source table=1TS
}}