ROBERTS, Edward August
| Service Numbers: | 3733, 3733A |
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| Enlisted: | 27 August 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 26 August 1899 |
| Home Town: | Mayfield, Waratah, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Porter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, 1st Australian Field Ambulance, Mericourt l'Abbe, France, 23 August 1918, aged 18 years |
| Cemetery: |
Heath Cemetery, Picardie, France Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 12 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Aug 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3733, 55th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 31 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 3733, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Oct 1917: | Embarked Private, 3733, 55th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 23 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3733A, 55th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", Near Mericourt l'Abbe 1st Australian Field Ambulance | |
| 23 Aug 1918: | Involvement Private, 3733A, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3733A awm_unit: 1 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-08-23 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.
104 years ago today, on the 23rd August 1918, Private Edward August Roberts, 1st Battalion (Reg No-3733A), porter from Ingall Street, Mayfield, New South Wales, Died of Wounds, age 18 years 11 months.
No Roll of Honour circular submitted.
Born at Newcastle, New South Wales on the 26th August 1899 to Paul John (died 7.3.1910) of 8 Reid Street, Newcastle, N.S.W., and Mary Roberts (died 7.3.1911 - no funeral or death notice located), Edward enlisted August 1917 with the 55th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 4.2.1918 (measles), 17.6.1918 (influenza).
Wounded in action - 23.8.1918 (not specified).
Edward is resting at Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, France. Plot II Row A Grave 12.
Mr. Robert’s name has been inscribed on the Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honor, Book of Gold (photos, 1000 names inscribed of the Fallen, unveiled date unknown, located at Christ Church Cathedral, 52 Church Street, Newcastle N.S.W.) and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
Edward has been memorialised at his parent’s gravesite. ANGLICAN 1-23. 64.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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