Identity
Title
Forenames
Augustus AWMM
Surname
Rogers AWMM
Ingoa
Also known as
aka Rutakawhenua Ratete
Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 March 2016 - Military Record
Service number
- WWI 16/354 AWMM
- WWII: N/N Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 March 2016 - Military Record
Gender
Iwi
Hapū
Waka
Rohe
Religion
Church of England
Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 March 2016 - Military Record
Civilian life
Birth
Date of birth
8 July 1892
Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 March 2016 - Military Record
Place of birth
Maketu, BOP
Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 March 2016 - Military Record
Birth notes
son of Charles (Hare) Rogers & Rihi Titihuia RATETE
Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 March 2016 - Military Record & Research
Address before enlistment
Unknown AWMM Onslow Road, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
Post war occupation
Reverend (Minister of the Church at Te Puke
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Next of kin on embarkation
Charles Rogers, Maketu, New Zealand AWMM
Relationship status
- Pre 14 February 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
- 1920 married Kataraina PORE Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 March 2016 - Military Record & Research
Service
Medals and Awards
1914-1915 War
British War medal
Victory Medal
(MM) MILITARY MEDAL Oct 1917 awarded for acts of Gallantry in the Field
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Capture details
Days interned
Liberation date
Liberation Repatriation
POW liberation details
POW serial number
Last rank
- 2nd Lieutenant Public - Jeanette - Other Relative - 25 April 2015 - Family history - his gravestone
- WWI: Command Sergeant Major (CSM) & W.O.2 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 March 2016 - Military Record
Biographical information
- Augustus Rogers' full name was Augustus Rutakewhenua Rogers, known as Ru Rogers. He was in the 1920 team that played Bay of Plenty's first Ranfurly Shield challenge against Wellington Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 March 2016 - Research
- St Stephens College students: In later years, native students of St. Stephen's were to serve the Empire in South Africa and again in France. Henare Kanara was awarded the Croix de Guerre, Captain Wiremu Waaka, Matini Taua and Augustus Rogers, Military Medals, and Frederick Creeke, the D.C.M. Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 March 2016 - Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 287, 4 December 1930, Page 15
Death
Death
Date of death
7 April 1957
Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 March 2016 - Military & BMD NZ Records
Age at death
65yrs
Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 March 2016 - Military & BMD NZ Records
Place of death
Tauranga, NZ
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Cause of death
Death notes
Cemetery
Cemetery name
Grave reference
Obituary
Memorial name
Memorial reference
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Sources
External links
Documents
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
Vol1: 626 AWMM - Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM
- Sloane, K. (2014) Living With High Explosives, the 1st NZ Light Trench Mortar Battery, 1916-1918. Public - Keith - Researcher - 8 May 2015 - Military History
Contributors
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| Date | Name | Location | Relationship | Contact |
| 25 April 2015 | Jeanette | Blenheim | Other Relative |
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