ROGERS, Walter John
| Service Number: | 5501 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 November 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Royston, England, June 1892 |
| Home Town: | Kedron, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Great Chishill School |
| Occupation: | Tramway employee |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 September 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Dickebusch New Military Cemetery & Extension, Belgium Section L. Grave 16 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5501, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 20 Apr 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5501, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 20 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5501, 15th Infantry Battalion, SS Hawkes Bay, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was educated at Gt. Chishill now in South Cambridgeshire. He emigrated to Australia when he was about 21 years old. Prior to enlistment he worked "on the teams" in Brisbane. Enlisted Kedron Park, Queensland, Australia.
He was 26 and the son of Timothy and Ada Julia Rogers, of The Hall Lane, Great Chishill. Brother of Frank Thomas, and Bertie who also fell (they served with British forces).
Bertie’s details are:
Private, 15928, 1st Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment. 5th Division. Killed in action near Achiet-Le-Grand 23rd August 1918. Born in Great Chishill and enlisted in Royston. Buried in Achiet-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension F.518
Frank’s details are:
Private 24263 7th Bn., Suffolk Regiment who died on Sunday, 20th August 1916. Age 20. Buried in GREAT CHISHILL (ST. SWITHIN) CHURCHYARD, Cambridgeshire. At East end of church.
He is commemorated, along with his brothers, on the Great Chishill war memorial which stands at the cross-roads of Heydon Road, Hall Lane, Barley Road and May Street. The memorial takes the form of an obelisk set into a roadside niche in the churchyard wall.
Inscription: WE SHALL MEET AGAIN ON THE RESURRECTION MORNING
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