Cyril Ernest ROGERS

Regimental number48570
Date of birth1 February 1888
Place of birthTuakau
OccupationContractor
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Rogers, Leigh, North Auckland
Enlistment date18 January 1917
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements (Second Draft), G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 90 Ulimaroa on 26 July 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of disease 19 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialSt Nicholas' Churchyard (Plot A, Row 5, Grave No 11), Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Samuel Smith Rogers and Martha Elizabeth Rogers, Leigh, Auckland. Youngest son.
Family/military connectionsBrother: 38750 Private George Henry ROGERS, 1st Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment, killed in action, 3 October 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 69, p. 30

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