2 July 1934(1934-07-02) (aged 57) Taupiri, New Zealand
Allegiance
New Zealand
Service/branch
New Zealand Military Forces
Rank
Lieutenant Colonel
Commands held
Auckland Infantry Battalion
Battles/wars
First World War
Gallipoli Campaign
Western Front
Awards
Order of St Michael and St George Mentioned in Dispatches (2)
Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Plugge, CMG (17 February 1877 – 2 July 1934), was an English-born officer who served during the First World War with the New Zealand Military Forces.
Born in Hull, Plugge emigrated to New Zealand in 1899. He worked as a teacher at Kings College in Auckland for a number of years before becoming headmaster at Dilworth Ulster Institute. He was involved in the New Zealand Territorial Force and following the outbreak of the First World War, he volunteered to serve in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. As commanding officer of the Auckland Infantry Battalion, he was among the first New Zealanders to land at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. He commanded a battalion for several months on the Western Front. He was relieved of his command in December 1916 and was the sports coordinator for the New Zealand Division for the remainder of the war.
In later life he farmed at Taupiri where he died at the age of 59. Plugge's Plateau Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery is located on the hilltop where he established his headquarters on the day of the Gallipoli landing.
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