John Joseph ROBERTS

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Service Number:	544
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Light Trench Mortar Battery
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, November 1878
Home Town:	Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales
Occupation:	Mail contractor
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 16 July 1917
Cemetery:	Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium Kandahar Farm Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 36), Neuvo-Eglise, Belgium Plaque in Bothwell Municipal Cemetery, Tasmania
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Blayney Christ Church War Memorial, Blayney War Memorial Gates, Blayney and Milthorpe District Roll of Honor

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13 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 544, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
13 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 544, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
16 Jul 1917:	Involvement Private, 544, 9th Light Trench Mortar Battery, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 544 awm_unit: 9th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-07-16

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