ROBERTS, Roger Alexander
| Service Number: | 1209 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Camel Corps |
| Born: | Graman (Inverell), 6 February 1899 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mail Driver |
| Died: | Cancer, Newcastle, NSW, 2 November 1976, aged 77 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Delungra ANZAC Park, Koloona HR |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 1209, Camel Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 19 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 1209, Camel Corps, RMS Mooltan, Sydney |
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Roger Alexander Roberts was born at Graman, on 6th February, 1899. He was a mail driver when enlisted in the Army on 13th March, 1916, as a Private 1209, in the 4th Reinforcement Camel Corps, and was later transferred to the 14th Light Horse Regiment. It appears that he forged his parent’s signature giving consent for him to enlist, as the surname for each looks to have been signed by the same person (he had only just turned 17).
The address on his service documents for his parents was given as “Roseleith, Warialda” maybe a typo from Roseleigh, as it is on Albert’s paperwork. He seems to have had a relatively incident free time during the war, he was hospitalized a couple of times for sickness. Roger returned to Australia on 28th August, 1919, and on 12th September, 1919, a tethered horse kicked him on the left ankle, injuring him. He was discharged from the Army on 17th October, 1919. He married Mabel Olive Bryant at Delungra, on 1st June, 1921. Mabel was born at The Forest, Tamworth, on 28th January, 1901. Roger died in Newcastle on 29th November, 1976. Mabel died at Newcastle on 22nd July, 1993.