ROEBUCK, Stanley Richard (1879-1965) Stanley Richard Roebuck was born on 28 April 1879, the son of Henry Gilson Roebuck and Catherine Jane nee Clarke.
He was enrolled as a day student at Geelong College on 25 July 1893. Elizabeth St, Newtown was his address at the time of his entry. At College, he was a member of the 1st Football XX in 1895 and 1896.
In 1910 at Geelong he married Lillias Margaret Storrer, daughter of Henry James Henderson and Margaret Turnbull Storrer, whose brother,
Charles Murray Storrer (1894-1915), died of wounds on 5 June 1915 and was buried at Beach Cemetery, Anzac.
Roebuck served in the AIF in the Dental Corps with the Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC), and returned to Australia on
HT Devanha, embarking on 8 May 1919.
He continued his career as a dentist in Geelong after the war. He died at Geelong on 1 July 1965.
Two of his brothers, both Old Collegians, died during the Great War,
Albert Kenneth Roebuck (1893-1916), on 5 August 1916 at Pozieres and
Francis Henry Roebuck (1876-1915), on 22 August 1915 at Hill 60 on Gallipoli. Another brother, Leslie Norman Roebuck (1885-1973), and a son, Stanley Gordon Roebuck (1911-1995), were also educated at Geelong College.
Sources: Geelong Collegians at the Great War compiled by James Affleck. p297 (citing The Pegasus; National Archives).