David Roger

Forenames

David AWMM

Surname

Roger AWMM

Also known as

David Roger AWMM

Service number

WWI 59988 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

13 Jul 1886 Kiwi Jocks Research
Blackmyreknoll, Cumbernauld, Dunbartonshire AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs B. Roger (wife), Water View Farm, Post-office, East Tamaki, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 59988 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Surfaceman/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 21 Nov 1917-07 Jan 1918 AWMM
HMNZT 96 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Private AWMM 32nd Reinforcements, E Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Wounds received in action AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM

David Roger was the son of David and Jessie Roger, of 384 Paisley Rd., Glasgow, Scotland; husband of Bessie Roger, of Wallace Rd., Papatoetoe, Auckland, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mrs B. Roger, Papatoetoe, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

2 Oct 1918 AWMM
Age  32 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM XVI. B. 3. AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland Railway Station, Te Taou Crescent, Auckland 1010. AWMM
• Railways Roll of Honour board. Wellington Railway Station, Pipitea, Wellington 6011. AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20807379
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/290969/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/290969
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  75: 39
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Kiwi Jocks or Scottish-born New Zealand soldiers in the NZEF. Information kindly provided by Andrew Nixon, Scotland between 2009 and 2010.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Soldiers' pie : being the unofficial journal of the C,D,E & F Coys. Artillery, Specialists N.Z.E. (Tunnellers) N.Z.M.C. of the 32nd Reinforcements. [1918]. London, England: R. Clay and sons, Ltd.