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Walter John ROGERS

Regimental number5501
Place of birthRoyston England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationTramway employee
AddressLower Terrace Street, Paddington, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Rogers, Great Chishall, Royston Herts, England
Enlistment date30 November 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT SS Hawkes Bay on 20 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 26 September 1916
Date of death26 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialDickebusch New Military Cemetery (Row L, Grave No. 16), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
77
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Timothy and Ada ROGERS, The Hall Lane, Great Chishall, Herts, England

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