"Jack" John ROBERTS

Born 24 March 1912 in Balaklava, South Australia ^[55]
Son of Ivor Blyth ROBERTS and Margaret Oliver BLAKE ^[55]
Farmer in Coorow, Western Australia ^[19]
Returned to Waddy Forest on Thursday 8 February 1934 after a few weeks at the beach ^{[5: 16-Feb-1934]}
Member of the Waddy Forest Group of Toc H in 1934 ^{[5: 9-Mar-1934]}
Won the Sheep Judging Competition for competitors under 25 years at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1934 ^{[5: 7-Sep-1934]}
Member of the Waddy Forest Tennis Club in 1934-35 and 1935-36 ^{[5: 7-Dec-1934, 10-Jan-1936]}
Member of the Coorow Football Club in 1935 ^{[5: 24-May-1935]}
Attended the Official Opening of the Coorow Golf Club's golf course in Coorow on Sunday 23 June 1935 ^{[5: 28-Jun-1935]}
Member of the Coorow Golf Club in 1935 ^{[5: 2-Aug-1935]}
Steward of the Horses Events at the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1935 ^{[5: 28-Jun-1935]}
Attended Miss Olive W. KAU's 21st birthday at Meadow Dale Farm in Coorow on Saturday evening 18 January 1936 ^{[5: 24-Jan-1936]}
Travelled from Waddy Forest to Perth on Monday 9 March 1936 and shortly thereafter left Perth for Adelaide ^{[5: 13-Mar-1936]}
Returned to Waddy on Wednesday 10 March 1937 after a year of holidaying and working in South Australia and Victoria ^{[5: 12-Mar-1937]}
Winner of a hamper that was raffled at the Mad Hatter's Dance at the Waddy Forest Hall in July 1937 ^{[5: 23-Jul-1937]}
Private W83521 in Coorow's local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War ^[16]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Kewdale ^[2]
Died 17 September 1993; ashes interred at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (VC Section, W3, 13) ^[2]

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