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World War 1, Middle East, ROBERTS, 11 Battalion, 1915

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1915

Subcollections

"Treasured" - World War 1 Photo Portraits - Identified

Overview

Studio portrait of Major Stephen Richard Harricks Roberts in pith helmet

Historical information

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.

https://www.nationalanzaccentre.com.au/stephen-richard-harricks-roberts
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=8035437
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=686471
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/46769200
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1827873
https://billiongraves.com/grave/Stephen-Richard-Harricks-Roberts/26650672

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-32-P1996.144.1b

Item type

Photographs

Themes

War and Conflict
War and Conflict > World War 1

Year

1915

Links to additional resources

Distinguished Service Order

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