John Walker ROGER

Regimental number9/752
AddressSandymount
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Roger, Sandymount, Otago
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment, 2nd Reinforcements
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 14 December 1914
Members of the 2nd Reinforcements, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment, departed on board three ships: HMNZT 13 'Verdala', HMNZT 14 'Willochra', and HMNZT 15 'Knight of the Garter'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankCorporal
Final unitOtago Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateKilled in Action 6-7 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records35
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 7), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Mary Ann Roger, Sandymount, Peninsula
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Second

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