ROBERTS, George Stanley
| Service Number: | 4733 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 11th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Ross, Tasmania, Australia, November 1896 |
| Home Town: | Rossarden, Northern Midlands, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Telegraphist |
| Died: | Victoria, Australia, 21 July 1975, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Municipality of Ross Roll of Honour, Ross War Memorial, Tasmanian Government Railways |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 4733, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| 15 Sep 1915: | Involvement Gunner, 4733, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 15 Sep 1915: | Embarked Gunner, 4733, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , SS Makarini, Melbourne | |
| 7 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4733, 11th Field Artillery Brigade |
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From The Museum at The Tasmanian Wool Centre
Sgt George Stanley Roberts
George Roberts was working as a telegraphist in June 1915, when he enlisted in the 3rd Field Artillery Brigade at the age of 18. His father, Elijah, was a blacksmith and wheelwright, and lived in Church Street, Ross.
George arrived at Gallipoli in November 1915 then, after the forces were evacuated, became dangerously ill in Cairo with enteric fever. After duties in England, he arrived in France in January 1917, seeing service with the 111th Howitzer Battery. In 1918, he was promoted from Gunner to Corporal, and then to Sergeant. He returned to Australia in 1919.
George worked for the Tasmanian Tourist Bureau, first in Hobart and later in their Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne offices.
He married Charlotte Bessel in 1922 and they had one son. George died in Victoria in 1975.
George’s story is part of our exhibition: Our Grateful Thanks and Loving Remembrance, a moving and deeply personal exhibition remembering the soldiers whose names are immortalised on the Ross War Memorial.
http://www.taswoolcentre.com.au/…/new-exhibition-at-the-tas…
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