George Thomas ROGERS

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ROGERS, George Thomas

Service Number:	312
Enlisted:	22 September 1914, An original of C Company
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 29 October 1890
Home Town:	Homebush, Strathfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	Fort Street School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 17 August 1916, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Etaples Military Cemetery Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 44
Memorials:	North Strathfield Concord Baptist Church Honor Roll, Strathfield WWI Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

22 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 312, 13th Infantry Battalion, An original of C Company
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Corporal, 312, 13th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Corporal, 312, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
17 Aug 1916:	Involvement Second Lieutenant, 13th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 13 Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1916-08-17

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Corporal Rogers served at Gallipoli where he was promoted to Sergeant and twice wounded in action. In January 1916 he was promoted to Sergeant Major and in May 1916, in Egypt, to Warrant Officer. He was promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant only a fortnight before he was wounded in action at Pozieres, France, on 7 August 1916. His gunshot wounds to the thigh and forearms must have been severe and he died of his wounds 10 days later, in a hospital at Etaples. He was 24 years of age.

His younger brother 4669 Private Harold Eldridge Rogers was killed in action at Pozieres between 22 and 25 July 1916, aged 20.

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