Arthur Plugge
Military Person
1877 – 1934
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Who was Arthur Plugge?
Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Plugge, CMG, was an English born officer who served during World War I with the New Zealand Military Forces. As commanding officer of the Auckland Infantry Battalion of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, he was among the first New Zealanders to land at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. 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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