ROGERS, Henry Malcolm
| Service Numbers: | 241, 3471 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Milson's Point, New South Wales, Australia, 3 December 1873 |
| Home Town: | Cleveland, Redland, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fruit Farmer |
| Died: | Heart Attack , Cleveland, Queensland, Australia, 10 October 1936, aged 62 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cleveland Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: | Cleveland Shire Council Roll of Honour |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 241 | |
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| 15 Mar 1901: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Company Sergeant Major, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 34, notes promoted to Company Sergeant Major 15 Mar 1901. | |
| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Company Sergeant Major, 241, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 4 Jul 1901: | Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Company Sergeant Major, 241, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 514 notes severely wounded at Boschman's Kop 4 Jul 1901. | |
| 18 Oct 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Company Sergeant Major, 241, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 34, notes invalided returned to Australia arriving Brisbane 11 Oct 1901, discharged 18 Oct 1901. |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 3471, 4th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
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| 25 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 3471, 4th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Also served in WW1, Private S.N. 3471, 4th Pioneer Battalion AIF.
When Henry Malcolm Rogers enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as Mrs. E. Rogers, Grovely. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 34, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his wife Mrs. E. Rogers, Grovely.
He enlisted again for WW1, Private S.N. 3471 in the 4th Pioneer Battalion, AIF. On his Attestation Paper dated 20 Jul 1915 he noted; he was born at Middle Head, NSW, and was 41 years 7 months old; he was a farmer at Ormiston, Qld, and his N.O.K. was his wife Mrs. Eva Rogers; and that he previously served in the Boer War with the QIB.
Henry Malcolm Rogers was born on 3 dec 1873 at either Middle Head or Milson's Point, Sydney, NSW, a son to Harry Foott Rogers and Sarah Jane Rogers (nee Withers). He married Eva Cribb of Grovely on 14 Feb 1901, just before departing for the Boer War, and they had 6 children.
He had prior interest in the military, his father was served in the NSW Artillery and Henry himself served with the Permenant Garrison in NSw before moving to Qld in 1899. Following his move he was posted to the garrison at Thursday Island. After being wounded in the Boer War and returned to Australia, he spent a number of years stationed at Lytton before traveling to various parts of Qld. After returning from serving again in WW1 in France, he moved to the Redland Bay area and farmed fruit on a farm at Ormiston and later Thornlands.
He had an active interest in the local community; a 11 year member (4 as president) of the Redland sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers League; and was a past president of the Cleveland Citizens' Band, the swimming club, and the Cleveland Fruit Growers Association. He was attending a dance at the Cleveland Memorial Hall, for which he had fund raised for its construction, when he collapsed suffering a heart attack.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 514; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 34; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record; Obituary- The Courier Mail, 12 Oct 1936, p. 4; returned Soldier Drops Dead at Dance at Cleveland- The Telegraph, 12 Oct 1936, p. 21).
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