Francis William (Frank ) ROBERTS

ROBERTS, Francis William

    Service Number: WX3661
    Enlisted: 30 May 1940
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: Army Ordnance Corps AIF
    Born: Perth, Western Australia, 13 October 1914
    Home Town: Perth, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Timber Worker
    Died: Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 28 February 1960, aged 45 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
    Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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    World War 2 Service

    30 May 1940: Enlisted Private, WX3661, Army Ordnance Corps AIF
    30 May 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX3661
    1 Jun 1941: Imprisoned The Battle for Crete - May 1941, PoW No:7637 Stalag VIII-B:Lamsgorf, Silesia: 23 December 1941 – March 1943 Stalag 357; Thorn, Poland: March 1943 – August 1944 Fallingbostel 357, Germany: August 1944 – 16 April 1945
    9 Aug 1945: Discharged Private, WX3661, Army Ordnance Corps AIF
    9 Aug 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX3661
    Date unknown: Involvement Private, WX3661

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    Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

    Francis (Frank) William Roberts was the 5th of 6 children of Charles Roberts and Lily Lavinia Tanner, and grew up in Perth, Western Australia where he enlisted in the Australian Army in 1940.

    Frank and his wife Alice lived in Perth, Western Australia after WWII

    Brothers George William Nelson, Leslie Victor, Albert Charles and Ronald Portlock Robert also served in the Australian Defence Forces in WWII

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