Parents:--- Son of Harold and Mary Ellen Rogers, of Elwood, Victoria, Australia.
~~~~~~Flight Sergeant Leslie ROGERS, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF, World War Two~~~~~~
RAAF Service Number:--- 449787
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr Harold Rogers
Martial status:--- single
Enlisted in the RAAF:--- 6th May 1944 in Melbourne, Victoria.
Final Rank:--- Flight Sergeant
Final Unit:--- No. 24 RAAF Squadron, Morotai
Fate:--- Died during air operations in No. 24 Squadron Liberator aircraft A72-196, Borneo, 5th July 1945.
Memorials:--- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
Burial:--- Labuan War Cemetery, Malaysia
Commemorated:---Panel 197, Runnymede Memorial,Englefield Green, Surrey, England
Roll of Honour:--- St Kilda, Victoria.
Remembered:--- Panel 102, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
Details of final mission:--- Squadron Leader Redman was the captain and he had a crew of ten RAAF airmen and also carried Captain Westgarth, an army observation officer. At 10 o'clock in the morning, while flying at a height of 200 feet two miles north of Sepinggang airfield (Balikpapan), No. 3 engine was seen to catch fire after being hit by light enemy anti-aircraft fire, and the aircraft then exploded in mid-air. None of the crew was seen to escape by parachute and a second aircraft directed to the scene of the crash saw the wreckage burning furiously on the ground. An army patrol got to within 150 yard s of the wreckage, but was unable to penetrate farther because of enemy resistance.
~~~~~~~~~The crew members of A72-196 killed in action~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Pilot Officer Martin Allan Burrows (12720) (Flight Engineer)
Flight Sergeant Ronald Michael Cornelius (436789) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Warrant Officer Harold Allan Gooding (418040) (Co-Pilot)
Squadron Leader John Robert Walter Redman (402395) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant Leslie Rogers (449787) (Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Frederick Leslie Rollings (438085) (Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Harold Shadforth (449303) (Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Rex Victor Skinner (407185) (Navigator Bomb Aimer)
Flight Sergeant Patrick Fraser Stanley (430846) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Roy Tapper (434336) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant James Ogilvie Ross Vickers (66185) (Navigator Bomb Aimer)
Captain Brian Dudley Westgarth (NX204346) (Australian Army) (Support Air Observer)