William Ernest ROGERS

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Service Numbers:	2787, 2787A
Enlisted:	16 August 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Scarsdale, Victoria, Australia, 1878
Home Town:	Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 3 September 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Boulder Kalgoorlie Roll of Honor, Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial

16 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2787, 28th Infantry Battalion
2 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 2787, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 2787, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle
3 Mar 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2787A, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)

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