RODGERS, Anthony Thomas
| Service Number: | 2001 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 January 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Teralba, New South Wales, Australia, 25 September 1896 |
| Home Town: | Teralba, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Teralba Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Wheeler (Northern Extended Colliery, Teralba, N.S.W.) |
| Died: | Killed in action, Belgium, 20 September 1917, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Teralba Public School Boys HR, Teralba War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2001, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2001, 17th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 2001, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 2001, 17th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2001 awm_unit: 17th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-09-20 |
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From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Let us remember a Fallen soldier of The Great War awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
On the 20th September 1917, Corporal Anthony Thomas Rodgers, referred to as Tony, 17th Battalion (Section Commander, Lewis Machine Gun Section, Reg No-2001), wheeler (Northern Extended Colliery, Teralba, N.S.W.), from Victoria Street, Teralba, New South Wales, was killed by an enemy artillery shell, Battle of the Menin Road, Passchendaele Campaign, age 20 years 11 months.
No Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing File.
Born at Teralba, New South Wales on the 25th September 1896 to William Thomas (died 11.12.1903, Teralba, N.S.W., age 34, buried at Teralba Pioneer Cemetery), and Angelina or Agnes Rodgers (died 27.7.1954 as HONSON, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 81, sleeping here with husband Andrew, married 1907 as HOUSON, Lambton, N.S.W., died 1915), from William Street, Teralba, New South Wales, Tony enlisted on the 18th June 1915 at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A54 Runic on the 9th August 1915.
Wounded in action - 23.8.1916 (GSW shoulder & side), 15.4.1917 (GSW left finger).
Furlough granted from 15.5.1917 to 31.5.1917.
Tony’s name has been inscribed on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 17), Belgium.
Place of Association – Teralba, New South Wales, Australia.
Mr. Rodger’s name has also been inscribed on the Teralba Soldiers' Memorial and the Teralba Public School Roll of Honour.
Unfortunately, there is no headstone, therefore no memorial inscription at the Honson gravesite to tell us of the loss of their son during The Great War, so June 2021 I erected a Memorial cross adorned with poppies in remembrance of Tony’s service and supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country. CATHOLIC 1-08. 19.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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