ROGERS, George Richard
| Service Number: | 346 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Hendon, Southern Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 346, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 346, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 26 Mar 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 346, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Newspaper report in The Brisbane Courier, 16 May 1902, p. 8, notes discharged in South Africa 26 Mar 1902 to take up employment there. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When George Richard Rogers enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file (under the surname Rodgers) in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his mother Mrs. Rodgers, Hendon. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 13, also under the surname Rodgers, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. E. Rodgers, Hendon near Warwick.
Newspaper report in The Brisbane Courier, 16 May 1902, p. 8, notes he was discharged in South Africa on 26 Mar 1902 to take up employment there.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 500; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 13).
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