ROBERTS, William Owen
| Service Number: | 167 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 19 November 1876 |
| Home Town: | Goulburn, Goulburn Mulwaree, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Storeman |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 27 November 1957, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Field Of Mars Cemetery, Ryde, NSW |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 167, 36th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 13 May 1916: | Involvement Driver, 167, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 13 May 1916: | Embarked Driver, 167, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 14 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 36th Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 20 Jan 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 36th Infantry Battalion, A Coy | |
| 30 Jun 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 33rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Oct 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 167, 33rd Infantry Battalion, per HT Pakeha | |
| 17 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 167, 33rd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Bill was the eldest of six children of William David Roberts (born 1840 in Lancashire, England) and Martha Cartwright (born 1849 in Lancashire, England). William was an Able Seaman on board the Hochelaga when he arrived in Sydney, NSW in 1860. Martha arrived with her parents on board the Caribou in 1859. In 1876 William was a Mariner when he married Martha in Balmain, Sydney, NSW. They settled at Rozelle, where William was a Mariner. He died in 1919 and Martha died in 1915.
Bill was a Storeman in Goulburn, NSW when he married Theresa Eliza Cox (born 1877 in Murrumburrah, NSW). In February 1916 Bill enlisted in the AIF as a Driver (Service No:167) with 36th Infantry Battalion. In 1918 in France he was promoted to Sergeant and served with the 36th Infantry Battalion A Coy, and was Discharged in January 1920. Brothers David Thomas Roberts (Farrier, Service No:893), and George Henry Roberts (Corporal, Service No:17515), and Brother-in-Law Colin Herwald Dickson (Driver, Service No:10619) also served in WWI.
Returning to Sydney, NSW Bill and Theresa settled at Parramatta in Sydney where Bill worked as a Clerk, He died in 1957 and Theresa in 1958