Rogers, Patrick James
SURNAME
Rogers
NAME
Patrick James
PLACE OF BIRTH
Crooke, Waterford, Ireland
OCCUPATION
Draper
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT
Port Douglas/Frasers Hill, Qld
DATE OF ENLISTMENT
4/03/15 Port Douglas; 15/08/15 Frasers Hill
NEXT OF KIN
(brother) Thomas Rogers, Waterford, Ireland
LINK TO DOUGLAS SHIRE
Enlisted Port Douglas before Jas P Reynolds Chairman of the Douglas Shire.
REGIMENT 1
25th Battalion AIF
RANK
Private
CAMPAIGN 1
Gallipoli
CAMPAIGN 2
Middle East
CAMPAIGN 3
Western Front
KILLED IN ACTION
Yes , 17/07/18 in France
OTHER INFORMATION
Awarded the 14/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
STORY OUTLINE
Irish immigrant, Patrick James Joseph Rogers, enlisted at Port Douglas and fought in Gallipoli, Egypt and France.
He was hospitalised in France and England. wounded and gassed twice.
He had a problem with discipline and AWL a few times.
He was Killed in action 17/07/18 and was buried in France, at the Adelaide Cemetery, Villiers-Bretonneux plot 3 row 11 Grave 13.
Lest we forget
SERVICE NO
1992
