Alfred James Roberts
Picture 1900
Moved to New Zealand before 1900 where he worked as a Shearer for James Sutherland Benmore at Oamaru. He enlisted in the NZ Rough Riders 4th Contingent for service in South Africa on 22 March 1900. On enlistment his height was 5 feet 9 inches and weight was 10 stone 10 pounds. He listed his next of kin as William Roberts, Broadwater P.O. via Port Fairy, Victoria. His regimental number was 1075.
He "received a gunshot wound in the left shoulder at Ottoshoop 9th, Sept. 1900. Bullet not extracted". He returned to N.Z. on 19/12/1900, and took 2 months leave in 1901 "to enable him to visit his mother in Australia". The bullet was extracted on 9 August 1901. He joined the NZ Police Force in Christchurch on 1 October 1901, and 2 months later was posted to Auckland.
Both he and his wife died in New Zealand in 1918 of pneumonic flu. His 3 children were raised by his youngest brother, Viv on the family farm at Broadwater.