James Rogers (VC)
James Rogers VC was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Rogers received his award for his actions at Thaba Nchu in Orange Free State onJune 1901 while serving in the South African Constabulary during the Second Boer War.
James Rogers was born onJuly 1873 in Moama, New South Wales, the son of John Rogers, a Welshborn farmer, and his wife Sarah Louisa, ne Johnstone, from Sydney. In 1886 his family moved to Heywood, Victoria, where he worked on his fathers farm.
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