3rd Pioneer Battalion
Killed In Action
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William Rogers (SN 3360) was born in Bacchus Marsh and enlisted from there on May 28th 1917. He was an engineer, unmarried and aged 32 years. He was drafted into the 3rd Pioneer Battalion and embarked from Melbourne in August on board the Themistocles, reaching France in February 1918. On September 29th 1918 he was killed in action at St Quentin Canal, and is buried in the Ronssoy Communal Cemetery, France.
He is also commemorated at tree N221 in the Bacchus Marsh Avenue of Honour.
