HOGBEN, George McLachlan
(Service number 6/652)
| First Rank | Sergeant | Last Rank | Lance Sergeant |
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Birth
| Date | 9/27/1886 | Place of Birth | Christchurch, N.Z. |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | |||
| Occupation | Engineer (Mining Surveyor) | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | George Hogben (father) 32 Crescent Road, Khandallah, Wellington, NZ | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | Main Body | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Infantry Battalion | ||
| Date | 16 October 1914 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti or Athenic | ||
| Embarked From | Lyttelton, Canterbury, NZ | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
| Other Units Served With | |||
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Infantry Battalion | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 8 August 1915 | Age | 29 |
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| Place of Death | Gallipoli, Turkey | ||
| Cause | Killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Turkey | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru. | ||
Biographical Notes
Son of George and Emily Frances Hogben, of 205 Clyde Street, Island Bay, Wellington. Father was Headmaster at TBHS from1889 to 1899. ROLL OF HONOUR
CASUALTIES AT THE FRONTS. Mr
C. Hogben, C.M.0., has received a letter from the Rev. .J. Clark Gibson, Wesleyan
chaplain with the 13th Division, relative to the death of his son Sergeant
George M Hogben of the Main Expeditionary Force, who was
killed in the great, offensive at Anzac in August last. “He lies buried," says
the chaplain, "in a cemetery overlooking the Aegean Sea, with the islands
so full of sacred associations the distance —Samos, Thrace,
and Mitylene." Timaru Herald,
Volume CIV, Issue 15885, 14 February 1916, Page 2
Sources
Cenotaph Data Base, Auckland Museum. nzetc.victoria.ac.nz
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Ann Munro (SC branch NZSG)
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