George Stafford Bogle
Born 11 Jul 1888 - Died 15 Oct 1915
- Service number
- WWI 5057 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- Second Lieutenant AWMM Royal Engineers AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 11 Jul 1888 AWMM
- 11 Jul 1889 Public Source
- Date of birth
- 11 July, 1889Public - Diana - Other Relative - 20 April 2015 - Family papers
- Place of birth
- Waipukurau, Hawkes Bay, New ZealandPublic - Diana - Other Relative - 20 April 2015 - Family papers
- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.Public - Diana - Other Relative - 20 April 2015 - Military personnel file, family papers
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- WW1 J.K. Bogle (father), Kaiota, Pakowhai, Napier, New Zealand AWMM
- J.K. Bogle, Pakowhai, Napier, New Zealand (father).Public - Diana - Other Relative - 20 April 2015 - Military personnel file, family papers
- Relationship status
- Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 5057 AWMM
- Military service
- Reinforcements, 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade AWMM
- Canadian Expeditionary Force, Royal EngineersPublic - Diana - Other Relative - 19 April 2015 - Military Personnel Files, family papers
- Canadian Expeditionary Force, Royal EngineersPublic - Diana - Other Relative - 19 April 2015 - Military Personnel Files, family papers
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
- Canada, United KingdomPublic - Diana - Other Relative - 20 April 2015 - Military Personnel Files, family papers
- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 23 Sep 1914 AWMM
Age 26 AWMM
Civil Engineer/Civilian AWMM - Valcartier military training camp, near Quebec, 23 September 1914.Public - Diana - Other Relative - 20 April 2015 - Military Personnel Files, family papers
- WW1 23 Sep 1914 AWMM
- Age on enlistment
- 25Public - Diana - Other Relative - 20 April 2015 - Military Personnel Files, family papers
- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 Sapper AWMM Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
- Hit by sniper's bulletPublic - Diana - Other Relative - 20 April 2015 - Military Personnel File, family papers
Last known rank
- Last rank
- Second Lieutenant AWMM
Royal Engineers AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Son of James Kennedy Bogle and Annie Stafford Bogle of Middle Rd., Havelock North, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. Brother of Capt. Gilbert Vere Bogle and Gordon
Bogle.
Bogle embarked with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, the recieved an Imperial Commission, to the Royal Engineers. AWMM - George Stafford Bogle was one of three brothers killed in WW1. The others were Surgeon-Captain Gilbert Vere Bogle (died 16-17 September 1916, outside Flers) and Gordon Kennedy Bogle (died Ypres, 14 October 1917). Their elder brother, Archibald Hugh Bogle, survived the war, fighting on the Western Front, and went on to serve in WW2.Public - Diana - Other Relative - 20 April 2015 - Military Personnel Files, family papers
- Lieutenant George Stafford Bogle was raised in Waipukurau where his father, James Bogle, was the stationmaster. He attended Napier Boys' High and then Victoria College, Wellington from 1906 to 1908 studying Engineering. A sportsman in the family tradition, he played football for the Junior fifteen.
After a spell with the Public Works Department in Whangarei he travelled in 1913 to Canada, where he apparently wanted to gain more experience. His application to join the Institution of Civil Engineers on 14 July 1914 states that he was working as a 'Draftsman in the Bridge Department of the Inter Colonial Rly Moneton N.B. Canada.
On 23 September 1914, with the war just six weeks old, he presented himself at the new military training camp at Valcartier, near Quebec, and was passed fit for active service with the Canadian Expeditionary Force (Royal Canadian Engineers). He was one of 32,000 young men who signed up at Valcartier that month.
G.S. Bogle's attestation papers show that he'd had four years serving in the N.Z. Territorials. He was 5’10½” tall and 25 years old. When the Expeditionary Force arrived in Britain, he took the Institution of Civil Engineers' examination applying for associate membership, and gained a commission with the British Royal Engineers. He left for Gallipoli with the engineers of the Scottish Division.Public - Diana - Other Relative - 19 April 2015 - Military personnel files, family papers
- Son of James Kennedy Bogle and Annie Stafford Bogle of Middle Rd., Havelock North, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. Brother of Capt. Gilbert Vere Bogle and Gordon
About death
- Death
- 15 Oct 1915 AWMM
Age 26 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Died of wounds AWMM
- Hit by sniper's bullet at the top of Suvla HillPublic - Diana - Other Relative - 20 April 2015 - Military Personnel File, family papers
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
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- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Helles Memorial, Turkey AWMM
Related Serviceperson
Sources
- External links
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
http://www.cwgc.org
Sources Used - Base records file 1917
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22422146
Further Reference - Base records file 1917
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22422146
Further Reference
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
- References
- The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
- Scadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War.
- Information kindly provided by family
- Harper, G., Clements, C., & Johns., R. (2019). For King and Other Countries: The New Zealanders Who Fought in Other Services in the First World War. Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press.
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