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McTAGUE, George Hugh
(Service number 21870)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank

Birth

Date	10/10/1880	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Farm hand
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	F. McTAGUE (brother), Otipua, Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	7th Reinforcements 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date	21 August 1916
Transport	Mokoia
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Plymouth, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	16ths

Military Awards

Campaigns
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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
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Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

January 1918 in hospital - severe case; February 1918 reported progressing favourably. March 1918 transferred to the New Zealand convalescent hospital at Hornchurch.

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	4 April 1950	Age	69 yrs
Place of Death
Cause
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Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Son of Hugh & Caroline McTAGUE, of Pareora. Brother Alford Adam McTAGUE also served in WWI. Returned home in January 1919.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [02 November 2013]; Timaru Herald, 23 January 1918, 11 February 1918, 4 March 1918, 23 January 1919 (Papers Past) [02 November 2013]; NZ BDM (DiA) [02 November 2013]

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