ROGERS, Francis Perrier
| Service Number: | 4260 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 25 August 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Beltana, South Australia, Australia, 21 November 1893 |
| Home Town: | Quorn, Flinders Ranges, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Employee |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, Somme, Picardie, France, 16 August 1916, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Quorn District Roll of Honor WW1 Board, Quorn Roll of Honor, Quorn War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4260, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4260, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide | |
| 5 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4260, 50th Infantry Battalion, Left from Alexandria | |
| 11 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 4260, 50th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Arrived in Marseilles | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4260, 50th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4260 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-16 |
HEROES OF THE GREAT WAR
Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931), Friday 16 August 1918, page 6
HEROES OF THE GREAT WAR
ROGERS.—In loving memory of our dear son and brother, Private Francis Perrier Rogers, 50th Battalion, late 10th, killed in action on or about August 16, 1916.
If your grave could only open
What changes you would see, Sleep on in peace, dear Frank,
You are better off than we.
The hardest part is yet to come, When the heroes are returning,
And we miss among the smiling throng The face of our dear boy that is gone.
—Inserted by his loving parents, sisters, and brothers, and little nephew.
ROGERS.—In loving memory of my dear brother, Private Francis Perrier Rogers, 50th Battalion, late 10th, killed in action, on or about August 16, 1916.
Far from the home of his childhood.
Away o'er the ocean deep;
In a foreign land my dear brother
Is sleeping the last long sleep.
When the flags are o'er the roadways,
And the troops are marching home;
Oh, God, have pity for the watching ones
Whose lads can never come.
—Inserted by his loving brother, Stanley.
ROGERS.—In loving memory of our dear brother, Private Francis Perrier Rogers, No. 4260, 50th Battalion, late 10th Battalion, dearly beloved fifth son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Rogers, of North Quorn, killed in France between 13th and 16th August, 1916.
Our dear brother sailed away on a January day,
Yes, never to return;
He fell a true hero in the fight,
And wore the colors, purple and blue.
There came a day when the roll was called That he did not answer "Here."
He sleeps with comrades his last long long sleep
On the Western front of France.
We think of his life, a duty done, Manly, unselfish, and brave.
—Inserted by his loving sisters, Nellie and Minnie, and brother-in-law. Alf.
ROGERS.—In loving memory of Frank, killed in France, 16th August, 1916.
There 'mid the silent shadows, a hero lies at rest. His duty nobly done.
—Inserted by his friend, Eva Averis, Warnertown.
ROGERS.—In sad but ever-loving memory of our dear brother, Francis Perrier, who was killed in action in France, August 16, 1916.
Two years have passed, dear brother,
Thy face we cannot see;
But let this little token tell
We still remember thee.
—Inserted by his loving brother and sister, George
and Linda.
Submitted 30 November 2018 by Al Staunton
KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE.
Quorn Mercury (SA : 1895 - 1954), Thursday 21 September 1916, page 3
KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE.
PRIVATE F. P. ROGERS.
Mr. Paul Rogers, of North Quorn, received a message through the military authorities, that his son Francis Perrier Rogers, of the 50th Battalion, late of the 10th, was killed in action in France on August 16. The deceased soldier was born at Leigh's Creek, and was 23 years of age. He enlisted at Quorn on August 22, 1915, and embarked for the front on January 11, 1916. Previous to his enlisting he was employed on the permanent way. He possessed a bright and genial disposition, and was liked by all who knew him. The telegram was received by the Rev. A. E. Kain on Friday evening, who had the painful duty of informing the late Private F. P Rogers' parents.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article214737712
Submitted 30 November 2018 by Al Staunton
Biography contributed by Saint Ignatius' College
Francis Perrier Rogers Biography
Francis Perrier Rogers was born on the 21-11- 1893 in Beltana. His parents were Margaret Ann Rogers (nee Julian) and Paul Rogers. He was one of seventeen children although five of them died in childhood. Later, he and his family moved to North Quorn where he became a railway employee. Rogers was Anglican. He enlisted to be part of the force at the age of 21 years and 9 months. Rogers had already been part of one of His Majesties forces as he was a senior cadet at Kadina which is a city south of Quorn. He signed up in Adelaide on the 26th of August 1915. Rogers was a private and stayed a private for the rest of his time at war. He left Adelaide on the 11th of January 1916 on board the HMAT A30 Borda. He took with him one pocketbook or diary, one safety razor, one wristlet watch, one silver ring, one golden chain with a locket and one leather belt. Rogers arrived in Alexandria to be trained at the Zeitoun camp. Rogers trained at the Zeitoun camp for five months. In Zeitoun, he joined the half of the Tenth Battalion that came from Gallipoli making the 50th battalion. They joined the BEF and left from Alexandria on the 5-6-1916. They arrived at Marseilles on the 11th of June 1916. The 50th Battalion then continued for Mouquet Farm. This was where they had their first major battle and for Rogers, his last. The battle went from the 13th to the 15th of August during which Rogers got killed in action. But as there were so many deaths during those three days and they couldn’t keep track of who died on what day he got written down as killed in action on the 16th of August. His family got notified and received his two medals, The British War Medal and The Victory Medal. His parents also received a disc, coin, 7 handkerchiefs and a pair of mittens. Although they never received the items that Rogers took with him to war. His family put a notice in the newspaper, ‘The Chronicle’, in 1916 after his death with a poem. They added another three poems to another newspaper, ‘The Chronicle’ after the war ended in 1918. Rogers has his name in the Australian National Memorial on panel 151, on his mother’s gravestone in Quorn and in Villers- Bretonneux in France.
ANZAC Spirit.
Francis Perrier Rogers showed the ANZAC Spirit through the following things he did. Firstly, he enlisted to go into the war knowing that it was quite dangerous, and he was very likely to lose his life. This shows that he had a lot of patriotism towards his country and that he also had a lot of bravery to be able to step forwards like that. This also shows that he was a quite confident and selfless man as he was able to put himself in the line of fire for his country. Secondly, while he died within a month of arriving at war he showed bravery as he was able to go out at fight for his country despite the fact that he could get killed. Thirdly in one of the poems written in memory of him it describes him as a selfless, manly and a brave person. This reflects the ANZAC Spirit as he gave up his life to help his country and that is highly selfless as he wasn’t thinking of himself but instead of all those people he left back at home in Australia. It is also manly as in the 1900s going to war and dying was viewed as heroic and what true man would do. Fourthly, Rogers showed mateship as he sacrificed his life to save other people he knew in his battalion. Rogers would have had many mates within his division who would have missed him terribly as they had trained together and helped each other along the way. Finally, Rogers showed loyalty to his battalion and his commander, Alfred George Salisbury, by going into the line of fire and putting his life at risk to make his people proud.
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Australian War Memorial n.d., Memorial Glossary|The Australian War Memorial, Canberra, accessed 10 March 2019, https://www.awm.gov.au/learn/glossary.
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