Alfred Amos ROBERTS

1897 - 1938  (40 years)

• Name	Alfred Amos ROBERTS
  Birth	24 Mar 1897	Albany, West Australia
  Gender	Male
  _UID	57A470E03C3C44C38E0601A976F5F3D63CD3
  Death	28 Jan 1938	Lemnos Hospital, Perth, West Australia
  Person ID	I92	Boxers
  Last Modified	18 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Benjamin /DUCKER ALFRED ROBERTS, or John Edwin COOK,   b. 1852, Manea, Cambridgeshire, England d. 10 Jul 1916, Albany, West Australia (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Isabella MEADLEY,   b. 14 Feb 1869, Marulan, NSW, Australia d. 31 Aug 1918, Albany, West Australia (Age 49 years)
  _MARRIED	N
  Family ID	F46	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edith Ellen BLAKE,   b. 24 Dec 1897, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England. d. 5 Mar 1986, Hollywood Hospital, Perth, Western Australia (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	1920	Albany, West Australia
  Children	1. Robert Alfred ROBERTS,   b. 24 Jun 1922, Plantaganet, West Australia d. 14 Dec 2011, Perth, West Australia (Age 89 years)   2. Edith Betty ROBERTS,   b. 9 Oct 1929, North Perth, West Australia d. 10 Oct 2012, Rossmoyne, West Australia (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F52	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jul 2006

  
  

• Notes

  Alfred served in the 16th Battalion A.I.F. (as did his brother, Ben,) during World War One. He was awarded several medals including the Military Medal. On his return, he had a carrying business in North Perth. Letter in the Albany Advertiser on 10th November 1916. An Appeal for Recruits___A letter has been received by Mr. A. Roberts of this town, from his son, Private A. A. Roberts, dated Egypt, September 28. Private Roberts is a native of Albany, and is 18 years old. He served his time in the naval cadets, and just prior to his departure was transferred to the Naval Reserve ?.O. Enlisting there, he went into camp at Blackboy Hill, and when undergoing his musketry course at at Osborne, succeeded in putting up the possible. The following is an extract from his letter___ "We left for Egypt on September 2, and while there we went group shooting and again I got the possible, for which I get 1s. Out of the whole lot, only about a dozen got it. Remember me to all my old mates at Albany, and urge all that are fit and well to enlist. I am now at Lemnos Island, on my way to the front, well and hearty." (Medical):General paralysis of the insane was the name given to tertiary syphilis. Army records show that Alfred contracted this during the war in France.