Walter Burnett ROGERSON

Regimental number3/921
Place of birthInvercargill
AddressTweed Street, Invercargill
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs Jessie Rogerson, Tweed Street, Invercargill
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, New Zealand Medical Corps
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 9 October 1915
The Medical Corps attached to the 1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, departed New Zealand on board five ships (HMNZT 30 'Maunganui', HMNZT 31 'Tahiti', HMNZT 32 'Aparima', HMNZT 33 'Navua', and HMNZT 34 'Warrimoo'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Field Ambulance, New Zealand Medical Corps
FateKilled in Action 17 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialCaterpillar Valley Cemetery (Plot VII, Row A, Grave No 16), Longueval, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Jessie Rogerson, Railway Esplanade East, Gore
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Medical Corps/NZRB