Roberts, Richard Charles

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, Richard Charles Service Number 5101

Died of Wounds 4th March 1917 1st Australian General Hospital, Rouen, France

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NAME Roberts, Richard Charles

SERVICE NO 5101

UNIT

RANK Private

AGE at Enlistment 30 yrs 10 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH Worcester, Cape Colony

ADDRESS

OCCUPATION Boatman

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 27 Nov 1915

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Casula, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE

NEXT OF KIN Chas & Catherine Roberts, Woy Woy

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height-5’9”. Weigh-140lbs. Chest-36½-38” Complexion-Dark. Eyes-Hazel. Hair-Black.

RELIGION C/E

EMBARKED

DISEMBARKED

NOTES Brother of John Henry Roberts 4870 54th Btn d15-2-1918

AWOL England- 2-26 Sept 1916.

WOUNDED/ILLNESS 25 Feb 1917-

DIED 4 Mar 1917- GSW Head & L/Leg- 1st Aust Gen Hosp Rouen, France

BURIED St. Sever Cem., Rouen, France Block O Plot 7 Row E

MEDALS British War Medal-47380, Victory Medal-46828. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-310855.

Gosford Times 7th March 1918 IN MEMORIAM ROBERTS- Died of wounds, March 4

th, 1917, Private

Richard Roberts (Dick) 18th Battalion, A I F .

Somewhere in France they have laid him, Our loved one so true and brave, Far away from the land of wattle He sleeps in a hero’s grave. Inserted by his loving parents and loving sisters and brothers. ROBERTS;- I loving memory of Private R C Roberts (Dick) who died of gunshot wounds, received in France on 4

th March, 1917.

“Not dead, but gone before.” Inserted by his loving sister and brother-in-law, Annie and Bert Alderton, and his two brothers on Active Ser-vice, Jim and Jack Roberts.

Gosford Times 13th February 1919 ROLL OF HONOR ROBERTS;- In loving memory of my two brothers, Pri-vate R C Roberts, died of wounds in France, 4

th

March,1917, and Private J H Roberts, died of wounds in France, 15

th Feb, 1918.

“Lest we Forget.” Inserted by their loving sister and broth-in-law, Annie and Bert Alderton, and their brother, Jim (on active service).

Gosford Times 6th March 1919 ROLL OF HONOR ROBERTS- In loving memory of our dear sons and brother, Private Richard C Roberts (Dick), died of wounds in France 4/3/17; Private John R Roberts (Jack), died of wounds in France 15/2/18. “Two of the best that God could send. Beloved by all, true, faithful friends; While doing their “bit” they were sent to rest, We miss them most, who loved them best.” Inserted by their sorrowing mother and father, and families of Mr and Mrs Piper, Roberts, Alderton, Garrett, Groves and brothers Jim, Norman and Fred.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8034381












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