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John Aston Rogers

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  • Service number
    1504 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Mounted Rifles, Rough Riders Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 June 2015 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
    South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
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South African War Memorial, on a wall near RSA entranceway, Gisborne. "Volunteers from Poverty Bay who served in the Sth African War 1899-1902". Image kindly provided by Paul Baker (December 2008). Image has no known copyright restrictions.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
    Corporal Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 June 2015 - Military Record
  • Forenames
    John Aston AWMM
  • Surname
    Rogers AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    1504 AWMM
  • Gender
    • Male AWMM
    • Male Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 June 2015 - Military Record
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Roman Catholic Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 June 2015 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1876 Noel Smith Research Project
  • Date of birth
    1876 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 June 2015 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Hawke's Bay, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 June 2015 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    Son of John & Mary Rogers Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 June 2015 - Military Record
  • Address before enlistment
    Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 June 2015 - Military Record
  • Post war occupation
    Mr&Mrs J A Rogers lived in the Waimata District until 1920, then shifted to Whangaparaoa East Cape Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 June 2015 - Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15259, 5 July 1920, Page 2
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    mother - Mary Rogers, Whatatutu, Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 June 2015 - Military Record
  • Relationship status
    single
    1913 - married Ethel Daisy SMITH Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 June 2015 - BMD NZ Records

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Transvaal, Rhodesia & Cape Colony Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 June 2015 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Mounted Rifles, Rough Riders Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 June 2015 - Military Record
  • Service number
    1504 AWMM
  • Military service
    • 4th Contingent Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 June 2015 - Military Record
    • 1900-1901 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 June 2015 - Military Record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    1900-1901 SA War Medal & Clasps Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 June 2015 - Military Record

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    East Coast Rifles Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 June 2015 - Military Record
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • South Africa Station hand Ministry for Culture and Heritage
      Gisborne, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage
    • 14 March 1900 at Wellington Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 June 2015 - Military Record
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Station Hand for Mr Muir, Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 June 2015 - Military Record
  • Age on enlistment
    24 yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 June 2015 - Military Record

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    • Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 June 2015 - Military Record
    • Promoted to Corporal Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 July 2015 - Military Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    9 January 1925 Noel Smith Research Project
    Age 49 AWMM
  • Date of death
    9 January 1925 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 June 2015 - Gisborne Cemetery Record
  • Age at death
    45 yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 June 2015 - Gisborne Cemetery Record
  • Place of death
    Gisborne, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 June 2015 - Gisborne Cemetery Record
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Taruheru Cemetery AWMM
  • Cemetery name
    Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 June 2015 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Grave reference
    Block: SEC 3; Plot #: 896; Warrant #: 1160 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 June 2015 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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Contributors

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30 July 2015Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher
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