Harry Lelean ROGERS

ROGERS, Harry Lelean

    Service Numbers: 879, 1822
    Enlisted: 11 August 1914
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 13th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Newtown, NSW, 1890
    Home Town: Wahroonga, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales
    Schooling: Kogarah Superior Primary School
    Occupation: Land Selector
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 4 July 1918
    Cemetery: Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme
    IV M 4, Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Ribemont, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    11 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 879, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
    19 Aug 1914: Involvement Private, 879, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
    19 Aug 1914: Embarked Private, 879, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
    25 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1822, 13th Infantry Battalion
    17 Mar 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1822, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT A9 'Shropshire' from Sydney NSW

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Son of Charles and Mary ROGERS, Stevens Street, Pennant Hills, Sydney, New South Wales

    PRIVATE H. L. ROGERS.
    Private Harry Lelean Rogers (wounded) was farming at Emu Creek when the war broke. out. He is a native of Newtown, 24 years of age, and was educated at the S. P. School, Kogarah. His parents reside in Ingram-road Wahroonga.

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