ROGERS, Robert Lee
Service Number: | 6424 |
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Enlisted: | 12 August 1915, at Adelaide |
Last Rank: | Sapper |
Last Unit: | 16th Light Railway Operating Company |
Born: | Moonta, South Australia, Australia, November 1893 |
Home Town: | Port Augusta, Port Augusta, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Machinist |
Memorials: | Moonta Corporation of The Town of Moonta Roll of Honour, Moonta Loyal Hamley Lodge I.O.O.F. Manchester Unity Pictorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
12 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 6424, 3rd Field Company Engineers, at Adelaide | |
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20 Mar 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 6424, 3rd Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: '' | |
20 Mar 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 6424, 3rd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Armadale, Sydney | |
17 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 6424, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Third Ypres, Remained at duty | |
5 Nov 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 16th Light Railway Operating Company | |
17 Nov 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, Broodseinde Ridge, During the operations east of YPRES on 4th. October 1917, he was employed on the construction C.R.E., of a strong point. Seeing a comrade who had fallen wounded he went out in the face of deadly machine gun, sniping and shell fire. Throughout the operation he displayed the same devotion to duty, and utter contempt for personal danger when necessary. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Modbury High School
Born in November 1893, Moonta SA, a machinist named Robert Lee Rogers, a 21 year old, 5 feet 9 inches, weighting 146lbs, blue eyes, brown hair, served in the Australian Imperal Force from August 12 1915 until the 4th of October 1917 when he performed the actions which won him the Military Medal. He went out to save a man that who had fallen wounded and brought him back. Robert Lee Rogers received a Military Medal award for bravery.