ROGERS, Frederick
| Service Number: | 818 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1914, Previously served two & a half years with NZ Mounted Rifles. |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tauranga, New Zealand, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 818, 7th Infantry Battalion, Previously served two & a half years with NZ Mounted Rifles. | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 818, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 818, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 818, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gallipoli landings (second wave). GSW to chest (dangerous). Repatriated to Egypt. | |
| 30 May 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
| 26 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 818, 7th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , GSW to leg, shoulder and thigh. | |
| 18 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, Australian Army Postal Corps | |
| 6 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 67th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 9 Jul 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 67th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 1 Nov 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 7th Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 8 Jan 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 818, 7th Infantry Battalion, In trenches near Ypres. Gassed (mustard shell). RTA 13 March 1918. | |
| 23 Jul 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 818, 7th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Larna Malone
Frederick Rogers was born in Tauranga, New Zealand, the son of Charles & Mrs Rogers, of New Zealand. He was employed as a Labourer, but had previously been apprenticed in Carpentry. He was 24 years old when he volunteered for the Expeditionary Force and had served 2½ years’ with the New Zealand Mounted Rifles.
He was amongst the early volunteers for the Expeditionary Force, enlisting on 18.8.14. The following day he left Bendigo for the Broadmeadows Camp. He was allotted Service no. 818 and appointed to ‘G’ Company, 7th Battalion.
While at Broadmeadows Camp Frederick Rogers represented the 7th Battalion at a Sports Meeting (6/10/14), coming 2nd in the 100 yards race.
The 7th Battalion left Broadmeadows Camp on 18 October, 1914, and embarked for service overseas on board HMAT ‘Hororata’. Arriving in Egypt the battalion moved into camp at Mena, at the foot of the pyramids. (6/12/14)
In January, 1915, the Australian force was re-organized. In the 7th Battalion ‘G’ and ‘H’ Companies joined to form the new ‘D’ Company. This meant that all the men from Northern Victoria were together in one Company.
The 7th Battalion was part of the force which landed at Anzac Cove on 25th April, 1915. Frederick Rogers had a ‘near miss’ on the first day when a shot went through his hat. On April 27th he was Wounded, sustaining a bullet in his right chest. He rejoined the battalion on 6/3/16.
Frederick Rogers was promoted L/Cpl in 1916. In July, 1916, he was Wounded (2nd occasion) sustaining GSW to his shoulder, neck and thigh. When he recovered he was attached to the Australian Army Postal Corps in London, and in 1917 transferred to 67th Battalion (6/5/17) He received promotion to T/Cpl (28/5/17) and to Sgt (9/7/17), taking command at a General Course of Instruction in Chelsea, England. He rejoined the 7th Battalion in France on 1/11/17.
On 8/1/18 he was Wounded (3rd occasion) suffering Gas Poisoning from a Mustard Shell. He RTA M.U. on 13/3/18.
“The First Lot. 7th Battalion. The first men of the Bendigo district to volunteer for service in the First World War.”: Larna Malone
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