John (Jack) ROGERS

ROGERS, John

    Service Number: 905
    Enlisted: 16 September 1914, Enlisted at Rosebery,NSW
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 13th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Maeskeg, Glenmorgan, South Wales, date not yet discovered
    Home Town: Ashfield, Ashfield, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Telephone lineman
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 3 May 1915, age not yet discovered
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    16 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 905, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rosebery,NSW
    1 Oct 1914: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 13th Infantry Battalion
    25 Oct 1914: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 13th Infantry Battalion, Prior to embarking
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Sergeant, 905, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Sergeant, 905, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Address at the time of enlistment was Lucy Street, Ashfield, NSW

    Son of Phillip and Catherine Rogers of 48 West Street, Malsteg, South Wales. Brother of Zachariah Rogers of East Collie, WA and David Rogers who was killed in action on 28 July 1915 while serving with the 4th Battalion and is buried in the Shrapnel Valley Cemetery Plot 1, Row C, Grave 15

     

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