RODGERS, James Anthony
(Service number 52650)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 30/11/1883 | Place of Birth | Makikihi |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Belt Street, Waimate | ||
| Occupation | Saddler | ||
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| Marital Status | Married | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs J. RODGERS (wife), Belt Street, Waimate | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 28th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Regiment, B Company | ||
| Date | 24 July 1917 | ||
| Transport | Waitemata | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Plymouth, Devon, England | |
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| Last Unit Served With | Field Artillery | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 6 August 1926 | Age | 42 years |
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| Place of Death | Wanganui | ||
| Cause | |||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Aramoho Cemetery, Whanganui | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
James Anthony Rodgers was the youngest of the nine children of Samuel Simpson Rodgers and Charlotte Lundon. In 1916 he married Jeanie Cochrane who remarried after his death.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [18 December 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [18 December 2018]; Aramoho Cemetery headstone transcription (NZSG cemetery records) [18 December 2018]; refer Press, 24 January 1920 (Papers Past)
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