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ROBERTS, Alan Michael
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 979 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kilkenny, Ireland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium Plot IV, Row D, Grave No. 3 , Hooge Crater Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 979, 20th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 979, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
20th Bn.,Australian Infantry, C Company, A.I.F.
Address
People's Palace, Pitt Street, Sydney, New South Wales
He was 21 and the son of Frank A. and Mary Hope Roberts 30 Oaklands Grove, Shepherds Bush, London, England, later of 12, Randolph Gardens, Maida Vale, London, England.
Enlistment date-22 March 1915.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport Berrima on 25 June 1915.
Age at embarkation 18.
Alan is remembered on the Kilkenny Great War Memorial-[Kilkenny Peace Park Memorial.] and on the Kilkenny, MacDonagh Station-Kilkenny World War I Memorial.
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