Medal Group - Roberts
Medal group of 8 medals including the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) and order of the British Empire (OBE)awarded to Colonel Stephen Richard Harricks Roberts, The medals are Court Mounted with replacement ribbons.
From the age of 17 years the late Col Roberts took a keen interest in military matters. He was commissioned in January, 1901, and in that year he raised, and later commanded a company of the Goldfields Infantry Regiment. He had also been a member of the Victorian Rangers, the Perth Mounted Infantry and the Perth Regiment. He saw active service in the South African war as commanding officer of the 8th Australian Commonwealth Horse.
Shortly after the outbreak of the Great War he left Perth as second in command of the 11th Battalion AIF, and saw service with the battalion at Gallipoli and later, as its commanding officer, in France and Belgium. He was twice mentioned in dispatches. And was awarded the Distinguished Service Order.
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The group consists of the Distinguished Service Order, Order of the British Empire (Civil), 1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal with Mentioned in Despatches Palm, King George VI Coronation Medal, Efficiency Decoration and Long Service medal
The Medals are displayed in the World War 1 Gallery of the Australian Army Museum of Western Australia
Australian Army Museum of Western Australia
Australian Army Museum of Western Australia
Other items from Australian Army Museum of Western Australia
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World War 1, Europe, DOYLE, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
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Medal - Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal
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Royal Australian Corps of Signals Memorial Painting - "The Signalman 1939 - 1945"
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Medal - Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal
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Medal - Meritorious Service Medal (1916-1918) Gallantry and Immediate
