Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

Sergeant Herbert Rogers.  Source: For an Australian Boer

War Memorial.

Rogers H        Sgt    925    Herbert          29 Inf Bn    38    Driver    Married    C of E       

Address:    Kensington, Bayswater Rd, 21   

Next of Kin:    Rogers, Florence G, Mrs,wife, Bayswater Rd, Kensington   

Enlisted:    17 Jul 1915       

Embarked:     A11 Ascanius 10 Nov 1915   

Prior service:  1st Commonwealth Horse (South African War); 2nd Battalion Victorian Rifles, 6 months.

Colin Roe says:  4th Victorian Imperial Bushmen; 2nd Australian Commonwealth Horse; possibly Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry;

Herbert Rogers during his South African service.   Standing L-R:  Herbert “Doc” Rogers, George Sutherland, Arthur Woolcott, Jackie Sands. From L-R:   Sitting “Tikky”, “Sixpence” and Bill Robinson. Courtesy of Patricia Davies. Probably taken while these five men served in the 2nd Australian Commonwealth Horse, circa 1902.  Courtesy of Patricia Davies.

Oz-Boer Database by Colin Roe

http://members.pcug.org.au/~croe/ozb/oz_boer_more.cgi?record=18167

South African War veterans' reunion at The Shrine in the 1950s.  Herbert Rogers is reclining on the ground at the left of the photo.  Courtesy of Patricia Davies.

War Service Commemorated

Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour With the Colours 

Regimental Register