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ROGERS, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2491 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 May 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kaimes, Kirknewton, Midlothian, Scotland, 1881 |
| Home Town: | Collie, Collie, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | East Calder Public School, Midlothian |
| Occupation: | Coal Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot II, Row I, Grave 27. Chaplain T.G. Robertson officiated, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2491, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 2 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2491, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2491, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 34 and the son of Henry Rogers of 199 Pumpherston, Mid Calder, Midlothian, Scotland.
He is honoured on the Mid Calder War Memorial located at the gates to local cemetery. Off Main Street at South end of Village.
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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