Andrew RODGER

Regimental number8/2796
Date of birth19 October 1891
Place of birthAyrshire, Scotland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationStation hand
AddressManawa, Masterton
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23.4
Height5' 5.5"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinFather, Hugh Rodger, Lynncraig Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date20 April 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 6th Reinforcement, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 14 August 1915
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 3), Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Parents: Hugh and Euphemia Rodger, Lynn Craig, Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Joined unit at Mudros, 1 October 1915, and posted to 8th Company.

Admitted to 87th Field Ambulance, 18 December 1915 (jaundice); rejoined unit, Lemnos, 23 December 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, 27 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 6 April 1916.

Wounded in action, 8 July 1916 (gun shot wound, back), and admitted to 1st Canadian Casualty Clearing Station; transferred to 13th General Hospital, Boulogne, 9 July 1916; discharged to Base Details, 11 July 1916; rejoined unit, in the field, 13 July 1916.

Wounded in action (second occasion), 15 July 1916 (gun shot wound, left thigh), and admitted to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance, and transferred to Australian Voluntary Hospital, Wimereux; to England, 17 July 1916, and admitted to No 2 London General Hospital, Chelsea; transferred to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 31 July 1916; to NZ Convalescent Camp, Hornchurch, 12 August 1916; to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 12 September 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 20 October 1916; rejoined Bn, in the field, 8 November 1916.

Wounded in action (third occasion), 31 May 1917; remained at duty.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 7 July 1917.

Detached to 2nd Army Rest Camp, 29 July 1917; rejoined Bn, 13 August 1917.

Killed in action, 12 October 1917.

War service: 2 years 176 days (of which 791 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Sixth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 20807263