Search results Next record Previous record English Māori George Stafford Bogle Born 11 July 1888 - Died 15 October 1915 PDF Key details Service numberWWI 5057 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankSecond Lieutenant AWMM Royal Engineers AWMM WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Lt. George Stafford Bogle No known copyright restrictions. View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesGeorge Stafford AWMM SurnameBogle AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service numberWWI 5057 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe ReligionAnglican Public - Diana - Other Relative - 21 April 2015 - Family papers Images and documents Images Contribute › Report › Report › Report › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth11 July 1888 AWMM Waipukurau, Hawkes Bay AWMM Date of birth11 July, 1889 Public - Diana - Other Relative - 20 April 2015 - Family papers Place of birthWaipukurau, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand Public - Diana - Other Relative - 20 April 2015 - Family papers Birth notes Address before enlistmentMoncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Public - Diana - Other Relative - 20 April 2015 - Military personnel file, family papers Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationWW1 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 statusUnknown AWMM Married AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Campaign1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service numberWWI 5057 AWMM Military serviceReinforcements, 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade AWMM Canadian Expeditionary Force, Royal Engineers Public - Diana - Other Relative - 19 April 2015 - Military Personnel Files, family papers Canadian Expeditionary Force, Royal Engineers Public - Diana - Other Relative - 19 April 2015 - Military Personnel Files, family papers Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military trainingCanada, United Kingdom Public - Diana - Other Relative - 20 April 2015 - Military Personnel Files, family papers Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW1 23 September 1914 AWMM Age 26 AWMM Civil Engineer/Civilian AWMM Canada, North America AWMM Valcartier military training camp, near Quebec, 23 September 1914. Public - Diana - Other Relative - 20 April 2015 - Military Personnel Files, family papers Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment25 Public - Diana - Other Relative - 20 April 2015 - Military Personnel Files, family papers Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW1 Sapper AWMM Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesDied of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM Hit by sniper's bullet Public - Diana - Other Relative - 20 April 2015 - Military Personnel File, family papers Last known rank Contribute › Last rankSecond Lieutenant AWMM Royal Engineers AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › 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 GordonBogle.Bogle embarked with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, the recieved an Imperial Commission, to the Royal Engineers AWMM 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 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 Read more Death About death Contribute › Death15 October 1915 AWMM Age 26 AWMM Dardanelles, Turkey AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathDied of wounds AWMM Hit by sniper's bullet at the top of Suvla Hill Public - Diana - Other Relative - 20 April 2015 - Military Personnel File, family papers Death notes Cemetery Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial nameHelles Memorial, Turkey AWMM Roll of Honour Remember George Stafford Bogle by laying a poppy. Archibald Hugh Bogle Charles Herman Bogle George Stafford Bogle Gilbert Vere Bogle Gordon Kennedy Bogle Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of George Stafford Bogle Leave a note Contribute › Processing Related Serviceperson Gilbert Vere Bogle Gordon Kennedy Bogle Archibald Hugh Bogle Gordon Kennedy Bogle Gilbert Vere Bogle Sources Sources Contribute › External linksCommonwealth War Graves Commission. http://www.cwgc.org Sources Used Base records file 1917 http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=22422146 Further Reference Base records file 1917 http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=22422146 Further Reference DocumentsThe Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018) AWMM Scadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War. 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