David Owen ROGERS

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ROGERS, David Owen

Service Number:	4448
Enlisted:	24 November 1915
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Southern Cross, Western Australia, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Subiaco, Nedlands, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in action, Dernancourt, France, 6 April 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Subiaco Municipal Honour Roll, Subiaco Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

World War 1 Service

24 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4448, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
12 Feb 1916:	Involvement Private, 4448, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
12 Feb 1916:	Embarked Private, 4448, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle
6 Apr 1918:	Involvement Corporal, 4448, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4448 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-04-06

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

David Owen Rogers was one of four brothers who enlisted in the AIF. They were the sons of George and Annie Rogers of Subiaco, Western Australia. His older brother, 1897 Pte. George Rogers 9th Machine Gun Company had been killed in action at Passchendaele on 12 October 1917, aged 26.

Another brother 4698 Pte. James Rogers 48th Battalion suffered gunshot wounds to the hand at Pozieres during August 1916 and returned to Australia a few months later.

Another brother, 209 Pte. William Rogers 44th Battalion AIF, returned to Australia, 1 August 1919.

David enlisted in the 16th Battalion and was transferred to the 48th Battalion during April 1916. He was wounded in the hand at Pozieres during August 1916 and was away from the unit for a month. He was again wounded at Bullecourt on 11 April 1917, once more being away from the unit for a month. He was promoted to Corporal during October 1917.

David died during the desperate defence of the Dernancourt position in April 1918. Several battalions of Australians held an extremely heavy attack by German forces. David Rogers was initially reported wounded and missing during this action. In his Red Cross file witnesses stated that he was very badly wounded in the stomach, in an outpost position, and had to be left there. The Germans then occupied the position for a few days before they were driven out. His remains were never found.

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