Visagie (F A)

George was born George John Rogerson in December 1867 in the Glen Innes District of New South Wales, Australia. He was the oldest son of John and Annie Rogerson of the Glen Innes District of New South Wales, Australia. George was admitted as a Solicitor to the New South Wales Supreme Court in 1891, and practiced in Bingarra and Singleton. It is not known when he arrived in South Africa, possibly around late 1899; as he joined Brabant's Horse. He died of Pneumonia at the Wynberg Military Hospital on the 15th of March 1901, and is buried in the Maitland Garden of Rememberence in Capetown, South Africa. His Name also appears on the Boer War Memorial in Glen Innes, NSW (this is where his parents lived). Both Regiments of Brabant's Horse were raised in Queenstown, South Africa late 1899/early 1900. Both were disbanded in Capetown on the 31st of December 1901.