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GROGAN, Peter Gabriel
(Service number 6/2144)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	23 July 1893	Place of Birth	Waitotara

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	J. Tait, Holme Station, Timaru
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Miss M. GROGAN (cousin), 88 London Street, Wanganui
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	6th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date	14 August 1915
Transport	Willochra
Embarked From		Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

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Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

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Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	20 December 1967	Age	74 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Hamilton Park Cemetery
Memorial Reference	RSA Section
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Peter Gabriel Grogan is thought to have been the son of John and Alice Agnes Grogan. He married Florence Ruth Frances Dorothy Roy in 1926. Florence died on 15 October 1954 and is buried in Hamilton East Cemetery.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [07 May 2019]; Hamilton Cemeteries records (Hamilton City Council) [14 May 2019]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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