ROBERTS  W.L.

Given Names:  William Lennard

               

Service Number:  32

Unit:  13th Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron                                                                  

Rank:  Sergeant                                                                                                              

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  20 Yrs  6 Mths

Occupation:  Station Hand                                                                                              

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  6¼ In                  

Weight:  145 Lbs

Chest:   35-37 In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Fair

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  29/12/1914

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  William Joshua Roberts

17 Fellows Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                       

Embarkation Date:  28/5/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Persic A34

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Killed in action

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Unit:  13th Light Horse Regiment                                                                                                   

Rank:  Sergeant

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MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  25426

British War Medal:  13082

Victory Medal:  13024

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  27/6/1894

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  William Joshua ROBERTS           

Mother:  Caroline Edith LENNARD

 

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 27/11/1915                        

Place: Gallipoli, Turkey                            

Burial:  Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Killed on active service; bullet wound to the head

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Trinity Grammar

Holy Trinity Church

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 320184

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary