Date of Birth: 1 January 1926
Date of Enlistment: 18 November 1942
Rank: Deck Hand’s Attendant
Home Town: Gladesville, NSW
Next of Kin: Frederick Hart (Father)
Parents: Frederick William Hart & Florence Kathleen Hart
Occupation: Chemist’s Assistant, Preparatory Technical Student of Chemistry
Place of Death: Killed in action, at sea, aboard AHS Centaur
Aged: 16
STORY:
Roger was the only son of Frederick & Florence Hart.
He was regular remembered by his family in Active Service Memoriam notices posted in The Sydney Morning Herald, including from his Aunty Nell & Uncle Bill and cousins.
Notice from May 14th 1946
Roger was one of seven ‘boy merchant seamen’ who died during WW2. He is commemorated on the Sydney Memorial.
Boy soldiers on the Roll of Honour for the Second World War | Australian War Memorial
