William Alfred ROBERTS

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ROBERTS, William Alfred

Service Number:	M2/147932
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	Unspecified British Units
Born:	Knighton, Radnorshire, Wales, United Kingdom, 1885
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Wounds, Heuvelland, Belgium, 22 March 1918
Cemetery:	Dranoutre Military Cemetery, Belgium Plot I. Row K. Grave 21. Headstone inscribed with: “Until the day breaks and the shadows flee away”
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

22 Mar 1918:	Involvement Corporal, M2/147932, Unspecified British Units

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

272nd H.T. Company Army Service Corps attached Ammunition Column Heavy Artillery Australian Corps-Service Number M2/147932.

Born, resident and enlisted Knighton.

Births Mar 1885 ROBERTS William Alfred Knighton 11b 141

He was 33 and the husband of Adeline Mary Bowen (nee Price, formerly Roberts), of Cwmgilla, Knighton, Radnor.

Marriages Sep 1907
PRICE Adeline Mary Knighton 11b 200

ROBERTS William Alfred Knighton 11b 200

Family sources claim his middle name was Arthur, but his birth and marriage registrations state Alfred.

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Australian War Memorial - Commemorative Roll