ROGERS, Archie
| Service Number: | 88 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914, An original of A Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 22 October 1895 |
| Home Town: | Cygnet, Huon Valley, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Orchardist |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 May 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Cygnet Soldiers Memorial, Port Cygnet State School Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 88, 12th Infantry Battalion, An original of A Company | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 88, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 88, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Arch Rogers was wounded in action during the Anzac landing and evacuated to Egypt with a gunshot wound to the leg. He was sent back to Gallipoli during July 1915 before he was evacuated crook later during August. He was sent to hospital in England from Malta with dysentry and influenza.
Rogers was again shot in the arm at Pozieres during August 1916 and evacuated to Etaples. He was again wounded in the face at Bullecourt on the 9 April 1917 and was away from his unit for a fortnight. He was killed in action at 2nd Bullecourt in early May 1917.
Huon Times (Tasmania) 1 June 1917
'CYGNET CASUALTIES
Mr Fredk. Rogers, of Cygnet has been notified that his son, Private Archie Rogers, has been killed in action in France. Private Rogers was the first volunteer to be passed as medically fit in Cygnet. He took
part in the landing at Gallipoli, went through all the subsequent fighting, and then took part in engagements in France. He was wounded three times before making the supreme sacrifice. In private life this young soldier was highly respected and had a large cir-cle of friends. He was a prominent and popular member of the Cygnet Football Club.'