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William Leslie Roberts

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William Leslie Roberts
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Personal Information
Date of Birth 22 Sep 1901
Place of Birth Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
Death 28 Jul 1971
Place of Death Armadale, Western Australia
Age at Enlistment 40 years, 7 months
Description 5'8" (1.73m) tall ; ; fair complexion ; brown eyes ; black hair ; scar on forehead
Occupation Farm hand
Religion Methodist
Address 'Rosevale' Croyden road, Roleystone, Western Australia
Next of Kin Father , Mr. William Percy Roberts
Military Information
Reg Number W62246
Date of Enlistment 22 Apr 1942
Rank Private
Unit/Formation 17th Australian Advanced Ordnance Depot
Post War Details
Fate Remained Australia
Monument(s) Roleystone Roll of Honour
Medals War Medal 1939-45
Australian Service Medal 1939-45



Pre War

Electoral Roll entries: 1925 at Dalwallinu, farm hand; 1931 at Pinjarra, farm hand; 1936 Coolgardie, prospector; 1937 Rendering, labourer; 1943 Croydon road, Roleystone, horticulturalist.

War Service

Bill enlisted in the Full time CMF at Armadale on 22 Apr 1942. On 1 Jul 1942 he was sent to Northam for basic training, and 10 days later on 11 Jul 1942 he was admitted to the 38th Australian Camp Hospital, remaining with them until 30 Sep 1942. A some point he undertook more specialised training with the 2nd RAE Training Centre as he left them to join the 8th Australian Field Company on 6 May 1943.


On 21 Sep 1943 Bill boarded HMT Nieuw Amsterdam in Fremantle for Melbourne, arriving there in the early hours of 27 Sep 1943 before boarding a train for Sydney with his unit. In NSW on 8 Nov 1943 he was seen by a Medical Board which declared him to be category 'B'. On 24 Nov 1943 he entrained in Sydney for Brisbane where on 3 Jan 1944 he was posted to the 17th Australian Ordnance Stores Company at Tolga on the Atherton Tablelands. On 1 Aug 1944 he was reclassified as 'B2' and on 28 Aug 1944 he was transferred to the 13th Australian Advanced Ordnance Depot also at Tolga and with whom he remained until 17 Oct 1945 when he was sent back to the Western Command Recruit Reception & General Details Depot's Discharge section at Karrakatta. Bill was discharged on 12 Nov 1945.

Post War

Electoral Roll entries: 1949 - 1958 at 137 Croydon road, Roleystone, market gardener; 1968 at 98 Brookton highway, Roleystone, market gardener

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