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ROBERTS, Alexander Francis Dawe
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1350 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 October 1914, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Victoria Park, Adelaide, South Australia, 26 June 1891 |
| Home Town: | Dulwich, Burnside, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Quinn's Post Cemetery, ANZAC Row B, Grave 9, Quinn's Post Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Burnside District Fallen Soldiers' Memorial - Rose Park, Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burnside & District - Fallen Soldiers Memorial Trees - Rose Park, Rose Park Gartrell Memorial Methodist Church Roll of Honour, Tusmore Burnside District Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 26 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 1350, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Morphettville, SA | |
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| 28 Oct 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Prior to embarking but was reduced to the rank of Private on 9 January 1915 | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Corporal, 1350, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Corporal, 1350, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 2 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1350, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1350 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-05-02 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Alexander Roberts and Elizabeth Bessie Ann Nankivell Roberts nee Dawe of Albert Street, Victoria Park, SA
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal