Adolph Stanley ROGER

Regimental number12/3798
OccupationJeweller
Next of kinMother, Mrs M L Roger, Sunnyside, Leslie Road, Winton, Bournemouth, England
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 11th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
The Infantry component of the 11th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships (HMNZT 49 'Maunganui' and HMNZT 50 'Tahiti'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked. The Nominal Roll gives the date of departure as 1 April 1916; harbour records indicate that the actual date of embarkation was 2 April 1916.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateDied of disease 24 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialBrookwood Military Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row E, Grave No 17), Surrey, England
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mrs M.L. Roger, 45 Heathwood Road, Winton, Bournemouth, England, and the late A.P. Roger, Guernsey (only son)
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 28, p. 4