| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 2DRL/0465 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm. |
| Object type | Diary |
| Maker |
Roberts, Clarence Rupert |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM315 419/087/003 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Roberts, Clarence Rupert (Corporal, b.1894 - d.1915)
Description
Collection relating to the service of 289 Corporal Clarence Rupert Roberts, 8 Battalion, AIF, Egypt, Gallipoli, 1914-1915. Collection consists of a typescript copy of selected extracts from a diary kept by Corporal Roberts during his active service. The extracts deal with the period from 8 December 1914 to July 1915.
History / Summary
Biographical note: 289 Corporal Clarence Rupert Roberts, 8 Battalion AIF, who, on 13 August 1915, died at Malta of wounds received at Lone Pine, Gallipoli. Other biographical details concerning him are: draughtsman; of Ballarat, Victoria; born Mount Egerton, Victoria, 1894; educated at Pleasant Street State School, Ballarat; joined the AIF on 18 August 1914.