ROBERTS, Herbert William
| Service Numbers: | 6843, N449229 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 November 1916, 3 years Light Horse |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Stockton, New South Wales, Australia, 31 December 1893 |
| Home Town: | Raymond Terrace, Port Stephens Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Georgetown, New South Wales, Australia, 6 June 1973, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 3-168. 62. |
| Memorials: | Raymond Terrace War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6843, 8th Infantry Battalion, 3 years Light Horse | |
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| 17 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6843, 8th Infantry Battalion, SS Port Napier, Sydney | |
| 17 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6843, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Napier embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 11 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6843, 8th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, medically unfit |
World War 2 Service
| 25 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, N449229 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery.
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
52 years ago today, on the 6th June 1973, Private Herbert William Roberts, referred to as Bert, 8th Battalion (Reg No-6843), labourer from Glenelg Street, Raymond Terrace, New South Wales and 22 Chatham Road, Georgetown, N.S.W., father of two (Beryl & Billy), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 79. ANGLICAN 3-168. 62.
Born at Stockton, New South Wales on the 31st December 1893 to John Morgan and Elizabeth Roberts; husband of Ethel J Roberts nee Pond, married 1921, Raymond Terrace, N.S.W., died 1.2.1945, 22 Chatham Road, Georgetown, N.S.W., age 42, sleeping here, Bert enlisted on the 7th November 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT SS Port Napier on the 17th November 1916.
Disembarked Devonport, England 29.1.1917.
Granted leave to England from 8.2.1918 to 25.2.1918.
Admitted to hospital 15.1.1918 (not stated), 8.5.1918 (scabies).
Wounded in action - 23.8.1918 (GSW legs, penis, mild).
Invalided to England 26.8.1918.
Commenced return to Australia 7.2.1919.
Bert arrived home on the 24th March 1919, being discharged medically unfit on the 11th May 1919.
Mr. Roberts’s name has been inscribed on the Raymond Terrace Soldiers' Memorial.
I have placed poppies at Bert’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Older brother Richard George Roberts, born 4.3.1892, Stockton, New South Wales, labourer from Glenelg Street, Raymond Terrace, New South Wales, enlisted 7.11.1916, Newcastle, N.S.W., 8th Battalion, Reg No-6841, wounded in action - 20.9.1917 (GSW face), 9.8.1918 (GSW neck), RTA invalided 27.2.1919, died 18.10.1972, age 80, Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance, officially commemorated – https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html..., also resting at the cemetery - METHODIST 4-09. 61.
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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