ROGERS, Herbert
Service Number: | 404042 |
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Enlisted: | 26 April 1940 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 9 June 1917 |
Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Flying Battle, Mediterranean Sea, 15 April 1942, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 404042 | |
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26 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 404042 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Maryland AH298 of 203 Squadron RAF crashed in the Mediterranean Sea with all crew killed
Flying Officer Eric Neville Sommerville 402069 RAAF (previously with 39SQN RAF)
Flight Sergeant Herbert Rogers 404042 RAAF
Flying Officer James Bruce Halbert 406006 RAAF
Flight Sergeant Norman Gordon 755901 RAF
Their bodies were not recovered and they are commemorated on the Alamein Memorial