ROBERTS, Francis William
Service Number: | WX3661 |
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Enlisted: | 30 May 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | Army Ordnance Corps AIF |
Born: | Perth, Western Australia, 13 October 1914 |
Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Timber Worker |
Died: | Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 28 February 1960, aged 45 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
30 May 1940: | Enlisted Private, WX3661, Army Ordnance Corps AIF | |
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30 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX3661 | |
1 Jun 1941: | Imprisoned The Battle for Crete - May 1941, PoW No:7637 Stalag VIII-B:Lamsgorf, Silesia: 23 December 1941 – March 1943 Stalag 357; Thorn, Poland: March 1943 – August 1944 Fallingbostel 357, Germany: August 1944 – 16 April 1945 | |
9 Aug 1945: | Discharged Private, WX3661, Army Ordnance Corps AIF | |
9 Aug 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX3661 | |
Date unknown: | Involvement Private, WX3661 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Francis (Frank) William Roberts was the 5th of 6 children of Charles Roberts and Lily Lavinia Tanner, and grew up in Perth, Western Australia where he enlisted in the Australian Army in 1940.
Frank and his wife Alice lived in Perth, Western Australia after WWII
Brothers George William Nelson, Leslie Victor, Albert Charles and Ronald Portlock Robert also served in the Australian Defence Forces in WWII