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ROGERS, Harold Eldridge
Personal Details
Service Number: | 4669 |
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Enlisted: | 17 September 1915 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Paddington, New South Wales, Australia, 4 August 1895 |
Home Town: | Homebush, Strathfield, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Theatre employee |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 22 July 1916, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, North Strathfield Concord Baptist Church Honor Roll, Richmond University of Western Sydney WW1 Memorial, Strathfield WWI Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
17 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4669, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
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15 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4669, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
15 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4669, 1st Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Harold Rogers' older brother 2nd Lieutenant George Thomas Rogers, 13th Battalion AIF, died on 17 August 1916 of wounds received at Pozieres, aged 24.