Daniel RODGERS

Regimental number12/2103
Date of birth10 August 1884
Place of birthLawrence
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationCarpenter
AddressPost Office, Swanson, Auckland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Height5' 5"
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ellen Rodgers, Rattray Street, Dunedin
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date16 January 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 21 Willochra on 17 April 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unit16th (Waikato) Company, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 11), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late Jeremiah and Ellen Rodgers (nee Casey). Native of Lawrence, Otago
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Joined Bn at Gallipoli, 8 June 1915.

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 22 March 1916, concluded: 'Missing, believed dead on or about 8 August 1915.'

War service: 205 days (of which 114 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Infantry Batln/Fourth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 20807275

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