Alfred Ernest (Alfie) ROBERTS

ROBERTS, Alfred Ernest

Service Number: 262362
Enlisted: 7 October 1940, Camden, NSW
Last Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit: No. 5 Operational Training Unit Forest Hill
Born: Sydney, New South Wales Australia , 28 January 1916
Home Town: Kensington, Randwick, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Grocer - Own Business
Died: Accidental, Deniliquin, Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia, 26 May 1944, aged 28 years
Cemetery: Deniliquin War Cemetery, New South Wales
Plot D. Row B. Grave 13
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 262362
7 Oct 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 262362, No. 5 Operational Training Unit Forest Hill, Camden, NSW

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Walter Joseph and Ethel Hannah Roberts, of Sydney; husband of Alethea Fonston Roberts, of Wollstonecraft.

ROBERTS.—May 26, killed result of air-craft accident, F./Lt. A. E. Roberts (Robbie), beloved husband of Alethea.

ROBERTS.—May 26, 1944, result of air-craft accident, Alfred Ernest, beloved son of the late W. J. and E. Roberts, 137 Anzac Parade, Kensington, loved brother of Roy, George,  Walter, Elsie, twin brother of Joyce (Mrs. Grentree), aged 28 years.

ROBERTS.—May 26, 1944, result aircraft accident, Flight/Lieut. Alfred Ernest Roberts, uncle of Jack Roberts, nephew of Alfred Walters and Elsie Bauder, cousin of W. P. Walters, F./O.  (R.A.A.F.) Fred Lloyd, Doris Battersby, Ellen Battersby, Ethel Kohn, Jack Bauder, Alfred Walters, Joyce Rodgers. 

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