Charles Sydney ROGERS

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Service Number:	3303
Enlisted:	30 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Ardrossan, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Rabbit trapper
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Ardrossan & District WW1 Honor Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

30 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3303, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
27 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3303, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3303, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Benalla, Adelaide
12 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 3303, 48th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3303 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-12

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His brother 1205 Trooper Benjamin Rogers of the 3rd Light Horse Regiment died of wounds in Palestine on 1 June 1916