ROBERTS, Alexander
| Service Number: | 419 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga, South Africa, 16 December 1901, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Wakkerstroom Cemetery, Mpumalanga, South Africa |
| Memorials: | Anzac Square Boer War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 419 | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 419, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 419, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 6 Dec 1901: | Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 419, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Darling Downs Gazette, 23 Dec 1901, p. 3, notes wounded (GSW to Head) 6 Dec 1901 at Wakkerstroom. | |
| 16 Dec 1901: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 419, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 502, notes died of wounds, Wakkerstroom 16 Dec 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Alexander Roberts enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as A. Penman, plumber, Abercrombie St, Redfern, NSW. In the original nominal roll for the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, it is recorded his N.O.K. was his uncle Andrew Penman, plumber, Abercrombie St, Redfern, NSW.
(source- AWM Boer Wr Nominal Roll, Murray p. 502; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 7).
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