Alfred Edward ROGERS

Regimental number24227
OccupationIronmonger's assistant
Next of kinSister, Mrs D C Campbell, Church Street, Ludlow, Shropshire, England
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 13th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 27 May 1916
The infantry component of the 13th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Willochra' and 'Tofua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 2 February 1917
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord) (Plot III, Row A, Grave No 80), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edwin and Mary Rogers, The Wheat Sheaf, Ludlow, Salop, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 33, p. 12

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