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Full Name: Trooper John Walker Roger
Rank Last Held: Trooper
Forename(s): John Walker
Surname: Roger
War: World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.: 9/752
First Known Rank: Trooper
Next of Kin: Mrs A. Roger (mother), Sandymount, Otago, New Zealand
Marital Status: Single
Enlistment Address: Sandymount, Otago Peninsula, New Zealand
Military District: Otago
Body on Embarkation: 2nd Reinforcements
Embarkation Unit: Otago Mounted Rifles
Embarkation Date: 14 December 1914
Place of Embarkation: Wellington, New Zealand
Transport:
Vessel: Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter
Destination: Suez, Egypt
Page on Nominal Roll: 626
Last Unit Served: Otago Mounted Rifles
Place of Death: Gallipoli, Turkey
Date of Death: 6 August 1915 or 7 August 1915
Year of Death: 1915
Cause of Death: Killed in action
Description of Image: Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1916
Further References: Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option.
Sources Used: Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919
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