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ROGERS, Arthur David
(Service number 47179)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	24 June 1889	Place of Birth	Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date	24 January 1917	Age	27 years
Address at Enlistment	Temuka
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs M. ROGERS (mother), Temuka
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

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Death

Date	31 July 1963	Age	74 years
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Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Purewa Crematorium, Auckland
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Arthur David Rogers was the second son of William Henry (Henry) and Margaret Fanny (Fanny, née Bryan) Rogers. He was educated at Temuka School. Arthur married Bery Selfe in 1939. His brother Francis Cecil Rogers served in World War I.

Sources

NZBDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [05 February 2020]; School Admission records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [05 February 2020]; Purewa Cremation record [05 February 2020]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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