Benjamin ROGERS

ROGERS, Benjamin

Service Number: 1205
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Trooper
Last Unit: 3rd Light Horse Regiment
Born: Williamstown, Victoria, Australia , date not yet discovered
Home Town: Ardrossan, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Egypt, France, 2 June 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Suez Canal, Egypt, Rue-Du-Bois Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Bethune, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Ardrossan & District WW1 Honor Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

24 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 1205, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: ''
24 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 1205, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Kanowna, Adelaide
1 Jun 1916: Involvement Trooper, 1205, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1205 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1916-06-01

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

His brother 3303 Private Charles Sydney Rogers of the 48th Battalion AIF was Killed in Action on 12 October 1917