Regimental number | 3163 |
Place of birth | Blackburn, Lancashire, England |
Other training | Weaving |
Age on arrival in Australia | 35 |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Tram driver |
Address | 7 Vernon Street, East Balmain, New South Wales |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 41 |
Height | 5' 6.5" |
Weight | 142 lbs |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs A M Rogerson, 7 Vernon Street, East Balmain, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served in the 1st Volunteer Bn, East Lancashire Regiment. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Sydney, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 17th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/34/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 14th Machine Gun Company |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Fromelles, France |
Age at death from cemetery records | 42 |
Place of burial | Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery (Plot XXI, Row F, Grave No. 16), Souchez, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 179 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Wife: Alice ROGERSON, 'Dover', 7 Vernon Street, Balmain, New South Wales |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 6342 Pte Walter ROGERSON, Australian Army Medical Corps Details, returned to Australia, 21 December 1917; 3 other brothers in the British Army, one killed. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Allotted to and proceeded to join 55th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 16 February 1916. On Command, School of Instruction, Zeitoun, 1 April 1916; rejoined unit, 23 April 1916. Transferred to 14th Machine Gun Company, Ferry Post, 24 April 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Exeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 25 June 1916. Reported Missing, 20 July 1916. Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 14 September 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 20 July 1916'. Statement, Red Cross File No 2350111, 4789 Pte W. DUCKETT, 14th Machine Gun Company (patient, No 9 General Hospital, Rouen), 24 May 1917: 'At Fromelles on the 20th July/16 we were in trenches and we went over the top at 5.45 p.m. on that day, our objective being the German trenches about 300 yards to our front. Rogerson was one of a Team of 4 on a M.G. The other 3 it is known were taken Prisoners, they were men called Walker, Temperley and Hart. I saw Rogerson just as we [were] going over the top but not after. I knew him personally. He did return with us and it was supposed he had been taken Prisoner. Nothing more was heard of him after that and his body, so far as I am aware, was not found.' Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, ROGERSON George
Red Cross File No 2350111 |