Ernest Alfred ROBERTS

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ROBERTS, Ernest Alfred

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
Born:	London, England , 21 February 1868
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Politician
Died:	Heart Attack, Adelaide (Parliament House), 2 December 1913, aged 45 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Lieutenant, 4th Imperial Bushmen
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

Member of South Australian Parliament, served as a captain in 2nd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse.

Won the Federal seat of Adelaide for the Labor Party in 1908 and retained it in 1910 and 1913. Suffered Heart attack 2 December 1913, collapsed and died in Parliament.

During his parliamentary career he was an honorary Minister from 1911 to 1913.

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