Benjamin ROBERTS MM

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Service Number:	2696
Enlisted:	21 June 1915, Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Albany, Albany, Western Australia
Schooling:	Albany State School, Western Australia
Occupation:	Fisherman
Died:	Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, France, 30 August 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Albany & Districts Roll of Honor, Albany & Districts Roll of Honour, Albany St John's Anglican Church Great War Honour Roll, Albany War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

21 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2696, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Blackboy Hill, WA
2 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2696, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
2 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2696, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Anchises, Fremantle
18 Oct 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2696, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli
30 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2696, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Mouquet Farm
4 Oct 1916:	Honoured Military Medal, Mouquet Farm, North of POZIERES, these two men are Stretcher Bearers, and are recommended for conspicuous bravery in repeatedly bringing wounded in under very heavy shell fire. They not merely collected and brought in wounded from the front firing line, but penetrated into No Man's Land and searched over the ground over which the advance of the Battalion was made on the night of the 9th/10th August, 1916, in order to find and remove the wounded. These two men are both recommended for high distinction

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