Service: RAAF – 27 Operational Training Unit
Service number: 400211
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Duration of Service: 21 Jul 1940 – 17 Jan 1942
Prisoner of War: No
Honours: None for display
Date and Place of Birth: 28 Feb 1914 Colac
Parents: Joseeph ROGERSON and Elizabeth Mary MacMEIKAN
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Occupation: Clerk
Date and Place of Death: 17 Jan 1942 Kings Bromley Staffordshire UK
Place of Burial: Fradley Staffordshire UK
NOTES: Sgt Joseph Henry “Hal” Rogerson was born in Colac in 1914, the year after his parents, Joseph Rogerson and Elizabeth MacMeikan had been married here. He was their only child. Joseph enlisted in the RAAF in 1940 and after initial training, was sent to England. In January 1942, he was an observer on a night bombing practice flight when the weather deteriorated and the Sperry compass failed. The plane crashed into a wood near Lichfield and the full crew of seven were killed. Joseph and the three other RAAF members on board are buried in the Fradley St Stephens Churchyard.