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ROGERS, Paul Applegate
Personal Details
Service Number: | SX723 |
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Enlisted: | 26 October 1939 |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 7th Division Signals |
Born: | Renmark, South Australia, 6 February 1919 |
Home Town: | Bordertown, Tatiara, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Railway Employee |
Died: | Illness, New Guinea, 25 December 1943, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea B6 D 8 |
Memorials: | Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Barmera Memorial Gates |
Service History
World War 2 Service
26 Oct 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, SX723, 7th Division Signals, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns | |
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26 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
26 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, SX723 | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Paul Applegate ROGERS was born on 6th February, 1919 in Renmark, South Australia
His parents were William George ROGERS & Ida Mary ODGERS
Inscription on his headstone reads:
"HE GAVE HIS ALL - EVERY REMEMBERED"