Richard Charles ROBERTS

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ROBERTS, Richard Charles

Service Number:	5101
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Worcester, Cape Colony, South Africa, 1884
Home Town:	Woy Woy, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 4 March 1917
Cemetery:	St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Block O, Plot VII, Row E, Grave No. 4.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Woy Woy War Memorial

World War 1 Service

5 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 5101, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
5 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 5101, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Richard Roberts was born in Worcester, in South Africa, but came to Australia when he was two years of age. He was from Woy Woy, New South Wales. He only joined the 18th Battalion in France during very late 1916. He was severely wounded in the head on the 25 February 1917, and died in a hospital in Rouen, France, on 4 March 1917.

His younger brother, 4870 Pte. John Henry Roberts, 54th Battalion AIF, died of wounds almost a year later on 15 February 1918.

They were the sons of Charles and Catherine Roberts, of Fettler, Woy Woy, New South Wales.

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