ROGERS, George Bell
| Service Number: | 7308 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Parramatta, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Illness, United Kingdom, 2 June 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 7308, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 10 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 7308, 1st Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date – 2nd June…… George Bell Rogers was born at Forbes, NSW on 8th June, 1877.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 20th January, 1917 as a 39 year old, married, Wagon driver from Parramatta, NSW.
Private George Bell Rogers, Service number 7308, embarked from Sydney, NSW on RMS Osterley on 10th February, 1917 & disembarked at Plymouth, England on 11th April, 1917.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
On 11th April, 1917 Private Rogers was marched in to 1st Training Battalion at Durrington, Wiltshire.
He was admitted to Fargo Military Hospital, Wiltshire on 26th May, 1917.
Private George Bell Rogers died at 9.20 a.m. on 2nd June, 1917 at Fargo Military Hospital, Wiltshire from Broncho Pneumonia.
He was buried in Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire, England where 140 other WW1 Australian War Graves are laid to rest.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/r---s1.html
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