Wynnum resident Albert Rogers has a room dedicated to war memorabilia from World War II

ALBERT Rogers’ house contains more than 60 years worth of war memorabilia, but it’s the photos of his brothers who fought in WWII which mean the most.

WWII veteran Albert Rogers of Manly. Photograph; Renae Droop

NOT many people can claim to have a room in their house dedicated to war memorabilia.

Wynnum resident Albert Rogers’ loyalty to his country has led him to set up a room to commemorate his family’s involvement in World War II.

Mr Rogers said his “Anzac room” contained photographs, poetry and certificates from his service in the Army and that of his four brothers who also enlisted.

The room also contains a commemorative scroll from King George VI presented posthumously to his brother Herbert, who died on a reconnaissance mission near Malta in 1942.

Mr Rogers’ slouch hat that he was issued after he enlisted in 1940, aged 18, also takes pride of place in the room.

“The photos mean the most to me — particularly on Anzac Day. They make me feel like my brothers are still with me,” he said.

“It’s a special room.”

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Mr Rogers, 92, was the youngest of nine children — seven boys and two girls. He is the only surviving sibling.

He started the collection in the room after moving into the house in 1948 — not long after he returned from war.

“I had all these photos and I didn’t know what to do with them,” he said.

“So I got in touch with Veterans’ Affairs and asked them what I should be doing — they were printing out certificates at the time for everyone involved in the war.”

Mr Rogers requested certificates — one for each of his brothers Ernest, Henry, Claude, Herbert and himself.

Despite his personal collection of war memorabilia, Mr Rogers said Anzac Day still meant a lot to him.

“It’s a big day as far as I’m concerned — having brothers in the war and what they went through.”

Mr Rogers served as a gunner in New Guinea and Borneo.

Anzac Day is on April 25.

THIS story is part of Quest Community Newspaper’s 100 Years, 100 Days, 100 Stories project, which will profile Queensland World War I heroes and families as the nation builds up to the centenary of the Allied landing on Gallipoli on April 25, 1915.

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