Paul Applegate ROGERS

ROGERS, Paul Applegate

Service Number: SX723
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
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Memorials: Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Barmera Memorial Gates
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World War 2 Service

26 Oct 1939: Involvement Sergeant, SX723, 7th Division Signals, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns
26 Oct 1939: Enlisted Adelaide, SA
26 Oct 1939: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, SX723
Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography 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"