ROBERTS, Ernest Alfred
Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 2nd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse |
Born: | London, England , 21 February 1868 |
Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Politician |
Died: | Heart Attack, Adelaide (Parliament House), 2 December 1913, aged 45 years |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: |
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Lieutenant, 4th Imperial Bushmen | |
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1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Member of South Australian Parliament, served as a captain in 2nd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse.
Won the Federal seat of Adelaide for the Labor Party in 1908 and retained it in 1910 and 1913. Suffered Heart attack 2 December 1913, collapsed and died in Parliament.
During his parliamentary career he was an honorary Minister from 1911 to 1913.