Roberts, Richard Charles

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Edmund Allen Roberts, Richard Charles

Service Service Number Number 1494 5101 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Died of Wounds 4th March 1917 Gallipoli Peninsula 1st Australian General Hospital, Rouen, France

Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of Benalyn Campbell And Vivienne Tranter in compiling this resource

The information in this file has been extracted from official records held in the The Australian War Memorial and National Archives of Australia (ÂŠ Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013) Further information on this soldier may be found online at: Commonwealth War Graves The AIF project Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1 st AIF. This resource is presented by Gosford City Council for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources contained within remains with the original copyright owners.

NAME

Roberts, Richard Charles

SERVICE NO

5101

UNIT RANK

Private

AGE at Enlistment

30 yrs 10 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH

Worcester, Cape Colony

ADDRESS OCCUPATION

Boatman

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

27 Nov 1915

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

Casula, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE NEXT OF KIN

Chas & Catherine Roberts, Woy Woy

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Height-5’9”. Weigh-140lbs. Chest-36½-38” Complexion-Dark. Eyes-Hazel. Hair-Black.

RELIGION

C/E

EMBARKED DISEMBARKED NOTES

Brother of John Henry Roberts 4870 54th Btn d15-2-1918 AWOL England- 2-26 Sept 1916.

WOUNDED/ILLNESS

25 Feb 1917-

DIED

4 Mar 1917- GSW Head & L/Leg- 1st Aust Gen Hosp Rouen, France

BURIED

St. Sever Cem., Rouen, France Block O Plot 7 Row E

MEDALS

British War Medal-47380, Victory Medal-46828. Memorial Plaque & Scroll310855.

Gosford Times 7th March 1918 IN MEMORIAM ROBERTS- Died of wounds, March 4th, 1917, Private Richard Roberts (Dick) 18th Battalion, A I F . Somewhere in France they have laid him, Our loved one so true and brave, Far away from the land of wattle He sleeps in a hero’s grave. Inserted by his loving parents and loving sisters and brothers. ROBERTS;- I loving memory of Private R C Roberts (Dick) who died of gunshot wounds, received in France on 4th March, 1917. “Not dead, but gone before.” Inserted by his loving sister and brother-in-law, Annie and Bert Alderton, and his two brothers on Active Service, Jim and Jack Roberts.

Gosford Times 13th February 1919 ROLL OF HONOR ROBERTS;- In loving memory of my two brothers, Private R C Roberts, died of wounds in France, 4th March,1917, and Private J H Roberts, died of wounds in France, 15th Feb, 1918. “Lest we Forget.” Inserted by their loving sister and broth-in-law, Annie and Bert Alderton, and their brother, Jim (on active service).

Gosford Times 6th March 1919 ROLL OF HONOR ROBERTS- In loving memory of our dear sons and brother, Private Richard C Roberts (Dick), died of wounds in France 4/3/17; Private John R Roberts (Jack), died of wounds in France 15/2/18. “Two of the best that God could send. Beloved by all, true, faithful friends; While doing their “bit” they were sent to rest, We miss them most, who loved them best.” Inserted by their sorrowing mother and father, and families of Mr and Mrs Piper, Roberts, Alderton, Garrett, Groves and brothers Jim, Norman and Fred.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8034381

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