ROBERTS, Richard George
| Service Number: | 6841 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 November 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Stockton, New South Wales, Australia, 4 March 1892 |
| Home Town: | Raymond Terrace, Port Stephens Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 18 October 1972, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 4-09. 61. |
| Memorials: | Raymond Terrace War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6841, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 17 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6841, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Napier embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 17 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6841, 8th Infantry Battalion, SS Port Napier, Sydney | |
| 5 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6841, 8th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery. Sandgate cemetery, METHODIST 4-09. 61.
LCpl Richard George Roberts, 8th Infantry Battalion. Born 4.3.1892, Stockton, New South Wales, 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. A 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 Sandgate cemetery, METHODIST 4-09. 61.
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