Frederick ROGERS

ROGERS, Frederick

    Service Number: 818
    Enlisted: 18 August 1914, Previously served two & a half years with NZ Mounted Rifles.
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Tauranga, New Zealand, 1890
    Home Town: Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
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    World War 1 Service

    18 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 818, 7th Infantry Battalion, Previously served two & a half years with NZ Mounted Rifles.
    19 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 818, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
    19 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 818, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
    25 Apr 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 818, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gallipoli landings (second wave). GSW to chest (dangerous). Repatriated to Egypt.
    30 May 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 7th Infantry Battalion
    26 Jul 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 818, 7th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , GSW to leg, shoulder and thigh.
    18 Oct 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, Australian Army Postal Corps
    6 May 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 67th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    9 Jul 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 67th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    1 Nov 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 7th Infantry Battalion, France
    8 Jan 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 818, 7th Infantry Battalion, In trenches near Ypres. Gassed (mustard shell). RTA 13 March 1918.
    23 Jul 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 818, 7th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit.

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