Rogers, Walter Joseph: Service no. 745168

Source: 116th Excel sheet by Mark Carmichael re. soldiers of 116th that served with the 18th Battalion.

Family Search: When Walter Joseph Rogers was born on 23 March 1890, in Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada, his father, Walter Joseph Rogers, was 41 and his mother, Agness Young, was 41. He married Ruby Luella Ashton on 16 September 1918, in Whitby Township, Ontario, Canada West, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Ontario, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years and Brooklin, Ontario, Ontario, Canada in 1915. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 25, his occupation is listed as farmer in Brooklin, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. He died on 10 June 1964, at the age of 74, and was buried in Groveside Cemetery, Brooklin, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.

Reg number	745168
Name	Rogers, Walter Joseph
Rank	Private
Year of Birth	3/4/1905
Date of Death	6/10/1964
Cemetery
Cemetery location
Country of birth	Canada
Home Country	Canada
City born	Whitby, ON
Address	Brooklin, ON
Enlistment Date	12/7/1915
Drafted?
Enlistment place	Port Perry
Origin Unit	116th Battalion
Pre war Unit
Final Bn	18th
Ship	SS Olympic
Date in England	7/31/1916
Date in France
Date w 116	12/7/1915
Left 116th
Married	no
Occupation	farmer
Wounded date	5/18/1917
Wound type/Death particuolars	GSW Head, fractured skull – shrapnel, mont st eloi, lost eye
KIA
DOW
Died other
Missing/Presumed Dead
Wounded	yes
Sick
PTSD
Medals
Vimy
Vimy area
Raid
Hill 70
Pass
Amiens
Parvillers
Boiry
Canal
Other
Unit History	116th to 18th
Other details	A Coy discharged July 21, 1917
Field Punishment
FP Details
Gravestone
Underage
Medically Unit
Deserter
Undesirable
Casualty Description