Herbert Spencer Roberts M.D. (1897 - 1978)

Born 24 Apr 1897 in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Ella Nea Barker — married 1926 in Mosman, New South Wales, Australia

Husband of Mary Shearer (Kirwin) Roberts — married May 1942 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Died 14 Jan 1978 at age 80 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Problems/Questions Profile managers: Ro Hull [send private message] and Don Roberts [send private message]

Herbert Spencer Roberts M.D. is an Anzac who served in World War One.

Biography

Timeline

->1897 Birth @ , country, Queensland, Australia

Herbert Spencer ROBERTS was born on 24Apr1897. The Queensland birth index (Reg#1897/C7858) also lists father as George Illidge, mother as Ada Beatrice Bubb, with the registration district as being , country, Queensland, Australia.^[1]

->1915 Military Service Embarkation @ HMAT Wandilla, Ship, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

First World War Embarkation Rolls:

Herbert Spencer Roberts

Service Number: 56

Rank: Private

Roll title: 31 Infantry Battalion (November 1915)

Conflict / Operation: First World War, 1914-1918

Date of embarkation: 9 November 1915

Place of embarkation: Melbourne

Ship embarked on: HMAT Wandilla A62^[2]

Other details sourced from digitized record

Herbert Spencer Roberts

Aged : 18

Date Joined : 24 Jul 1915

Trade : College Student

Address at Enlistment : Chronicle office, Maryborough , Queensland, Australia

Next of Kin : G.I. Roberts, Father, Chronicle office, Maryborough , Queensland

Religion : Church of England

View digitised record (304.59 KB JPEG file)

->1926 Building Home @ Cnr of Amelia Street and Old Cleveland Road, Coorparoo, Queensland, Australia

Dr. H. Spencer Roberts registered a building application on the corner of Amelia Street and Old Cleveland Road, Coorparoo, Queensland, Australia between June 1926 - Janurary 1927.^[3][4]

->1939 Tramways substation @ Cnr of Amelia Street and Old Cleveland Road, Coorparoo, Queensland, Australia

B.C.C. Tramways Dept registered a building application for a substation on the corner of Amelia Street and Old Cleveland Road, Coorparoo, Queensland, Australia in 1939^[5]

• Fact: Burial Carr Villa Memorial Park , Launceston, Launceston City, Tasmania, Australia

Sources

1. ↑ 'Birth.' Qld Govt Search Historical Records, https://www.bdm.qld.gov.au/IndexSearch/ Accessed 25Apr2017,
2. ↑ Australian War Memorial, https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R2468903 accessed 15 June 2023
3. ↑ Building Register Index 1926-1927 Title: INDEX, Building Register, Brisbane City Council Date: June 1926 - Janurary 1927 Rights: Brisbane City Council, may be reproduced for non commercial purposes with acknowledgement. Description: Entries found in this index can be crossed referenced to the Corresponding Building Register URL For File: https://library.brisbane.qld.gov.au/client/en_AU/search/asset/42370/0 accessed 11May2017
4. ↑ 1946 aerial image available at http://cityplan2014maps.brisbane.qld.gov.au/CityPlan/ accessed 11May2017, click on link, enable aerial 1946 image, search for street address
5. ↑ Building Register Index 1939, INDEX, Building Register, Brisbane City Council, Description: Entries in this Index can be crossed referenced to the corresponding Building Register, Date: 1939 Janurary to 1939 December, Right Management: Brisbane City Council, may be reproduced for non commercial purposes with acknowledgement, digitized file name 1939+Janurary+to+1939+December_INDEX_small.pdf , online repository https://library.brisbane.qld.gov.au/client/en_AU/search/asset/42416/0 accessed 12May2017

• Dr Herbert Spencer Roberts (1898-1978) on Find A Grave: Memorial #200223531 retrieved 07 September 2021