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Charles Phillip Rogers

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles Phillip AWMM
  • Surname
    Rogers AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Reggie AWMM
  • Service number
    1 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    21 August 1861 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Annie Rogers (mother), Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    1 AWMM
  • Military service
    Sergeant Major of the Hawera Mounted Rifles AWMM
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    South Africa Soldier/Military AWMM
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Rogers was an Officer in the Royal Marine Light Infantry and later the 12 and 16 Lancers. While in the Royal Marine Light Infantry he was at the battle of McNeil's Zareba and also in the Sudan War. (Stowers, p.148)

    Returned to New Zealand on the S.S. 'Orient' but later joined the 8 NZMR as Brigade Sergeant Major and departed for South Africa on the S.S. 'Surrey' in February 1902. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    12 January 1923 AWMM
    Age 60 AWMM
    New Plymouth, Taranaki AWMM
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  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
    Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth, New Zealand AWMM Plot 11-13-1 AWMM
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Sources

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  • External links
    New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War
    http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/the-south-african-boer-war/introduction
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Stowers, R. (1992). Kiwi versus Boer : the First New Zealand Mounted Rifles in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers. AWMM
    • St Clair Inglis, A. (c1902). Souvenir Album of the first New Zealand Contingent South African War. Auckland, N.Z.: Arthur Cleave & Co. AWMM

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