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ROBERTS, Stewart Leslie

Service Number:	7745
Enlisted:	8 September 1915
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	5th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Singleton, New South Wales, Australia, 28 May 1890
Home Town:	Queanbeyan, Queanbeyan, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stock and Station Agent
Died:	Natural causes, Balmoral, New South Wales, Australia, 17 November 1972, aged 82 years
Cemetery:	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW Cremated
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World War 1 Service

8 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 7745, 5th Field Artillery Brigade
24 Nov 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 5th Field Artillery Brigade
25 Nov 1915:	Embarked Driver, 7745, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Bulla
25 Nov 1915:	Involvement Driver, 7745, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: HMAT Bulla embarkation_ship_number: A45 public_note: ''
31 Jan 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 5th Field Artillery Brigade
10 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5th Field Artillery Brigade
13 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 22nd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade
3 Mar 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant
28 May 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 5th Field Artillery Brigade
1 Aug 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Field Artillery Brigade
24 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Shell wounds left thigh and scalp
26 Oct 1917:	Honoured Military Cross, Menin Road, For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty at the 13th Battery's gun emplacement near the Menin Road on 24 September 1917. When a direct hit fired the ammunition in the gun pit and set the camouflage on fire the personnel were withdrawn, but he remained until he had extinguished the fire. He was blown about 10 yards by the explosion of a shell, but when another camouflage caught fire he returned and extinguished it.
29 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Field Artillery Brigade

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