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George Alfred Ernest RODGERS

Regimental number483
Place of birthStrahan, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationHorse driver
AddressPO, Gormanston, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Height5' 7"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Alice Crossin, 60 Loch Street, Coburg, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military service10 months 91st Inft.
Enlistment date20 August 1914
Place of enlistmentPontville, Tasmania
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board Transport A2 Geelong on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll51st Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 9 December 1918
Date of death15 November 1939
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: W. and Violet RODGERS. Plaque in Garden of Remembrance, Victoria. Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance.
Discharge date28 March 1919
Other details

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Leicestershire', 9 December 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 22 January 1919, for onward travel to Hobart; discharged (medically unfit), Hobart, 28 March 1919.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Death attributed to war service.
Date of death15 November 1939
Age at death46
Place of burialNew Cheltenham Cemetery, Victoria
SourcesNAA: B2455, RODGERS George Alfred Ernest

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