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Service Number 4870. Killed in Action 15th February 1918. Belgium.
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Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494
Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula
Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Roberts, John Henry Service Number 4870
Killed in Action 15th February 1918 Belgium
Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of
Benalyn Campbell
And Vivienne Tranter
in compiling this resource
The information in this file has been extracted from official records
held in the
The Australian War Memorial and
National Archives of Australia
(© Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013)
Further information on this soldier may be found online at:
Commonwealth War Graves
The AIF project
Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children
using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context
provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1st AIF.
This resource is presented by Gosford City Council
for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources
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NAME Roberts, John Henry
SERVICE NO 4870
UNIT 54th Battalion
RANK Private
AGE at Enlistment 27 yrs 3 mths
PLACE OF BIRTH Gosford, NSW
ADDRESS Woy Woy, NSW
OCCUPATION Fettler
DATE OF ENLISTMENT 28 Aug 1915
PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT
Hornsby, NSW
PREVIOUS SERVICE
NEXT OF KIN Parents;- Chas & Catherine Roberts, Woy Woy, NSW
PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION
Height-5’8”. Weight-138lbs. Chest-36”. Complexion-Dark. Eyes-Brown. Hair-Dark Brown. Tattoo Marks on both arms, see service records diagram.
RELIGION C/E
EMBARKED
DISEMBARKED
NOTES
WOUNDED/ILLNESS 11 Oct 1916-adm Hosp France- Impatigo/Septic Ulcer leg- transf Eng. 6 Feb 1917-Adm Hosp-Scabies
5 May 1917-Adm Hosp-Influenza
DIED 15 Feb 1918-Belgium
BURIED Wytschaete Cem. 3½ miles S of Ypres, by Rev Wm Holliday
MEDALS British War Medal-33155, Victory Medal-32928. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-341161.
DEPENDANTS
PERSONAL EFFECTS Disc, Rosary, Cigarette papers, unit colours, purse, writing pad, wallet, diary, letters, cards, photos, 2 pencils, cloth souvenir, comb/
WILL
CORRESPONDENCE Public Trustee-Sydney
Gosford Times 13th February 1919 ROLL OF HONOR ROBERTS- In loving memory of my two brothers, Private R C Roberts, died of wounds in France, 4
th
March, 1917, and Private J H Roberts, died of wounds in France, 15th Feb, 1918.
“Lest we Forget” Inserted by their loving sister and brother-in-law, Annie and Bert Alderton, and their brother, Jim (on active service).
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8035395
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8035395
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8035395
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8035395
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8035395
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8035395
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8035395
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8035395
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8035395
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8035395
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8035395
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8035395
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8035395
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8035395
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8035395
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8035395
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8035395
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8035395