Harold Lampard ROBERTS

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ROBERTS, Harold Lampard

Service Number:	424
Enlisted:	10 February 1915, Enlisted at Keswick, SA
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Victoria Park, South Australia, 10 August 1893
Home Town:	Rose Park, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Compositor
Died:	Adelaide, South Australia, 29 January 1952, aged 58 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Kendrew Oval, Row 17, Grave 45. Interred on 1 February 1952
Memorials:	Rose Park Gartrell Memorial Methodist Church Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

10 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 424, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Keswick, SA
31 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 424, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
31 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 424, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
5 Nov 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 424, 27th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the lest hand. Invalided to England from Calais on 12 November 1916 aboard HS Cambia
27 Aug 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 424, 27th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District as wounded
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Sergeant, 424, 27th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Alexander Roberts and Elizabeth (Bessie) Ann Nankivell Roberts nee Dawe of Gilbert Street, Victoria Park, SA.

Brother of Alexander Francis Dawe Roberts who was killed in action on 2 May 1915 at Gallipoli and is buried at Quinn's Post Cemetery, Gallipoli. Row B, Grave 9

Commenced return to Australia on 23 May 1917 aboard HT Ayrshire disembarking on 17 July 1917

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 17 November 1923 Harold married Ethel Mary Rogers in the Gartrell Memorial Methodist Church, Rose Park, SA

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