William Edgar ROGERS

Regimental number13/3071
OccupationButcher
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Rogers, 9 Wynyard Street, Devonport ,Auckland
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Horse Transports, New Zealand Mounted Rifles, Auckland Mounted Rifles, A Squadron
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Aparima on 29 February 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 15 November 1916
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord) (Plot III, Row A, Grave No 224), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mary Rogers, 9 Wynyard Street, Devonport, Auckland, and the late Edward Rogers
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 23, p. 9