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ROGERS, Robert Cornelius

Service Number:	1955
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Blyth, South Australia, Australia, 28 January 1888
Home Town:	Swan Hill, Swan Hill, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 25 September 1917, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Swan Hill War Memorial, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

World War 1 Service

8 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 1955, 58th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: ''
8 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 1955, 58th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ajana, Melbourne
25 Sep 1917:	Involvement Private, 1955, 57th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1955 awm_unit: 57 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-25

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