Regimental number | 6/652 |
Address | Reefton, Westland |
Marital status | Single |
Next of kin | Father, G Hogben, 32 Crescent Road, Khandallah, Wellington |
Rank on embarkation | Sergeant |
Enlistment status | Volunteer |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Canterbury Infantry Battalion |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on |
The Canterbury Infantry Battalion, Main Body, left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Tahiti' and 'Athenic'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked. | |
Final rank | Lance Sergeant |
Final unit | Canterbury Infantry Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | Roll of Honour gives date of death as 8 August 1915. |
Age at death from cemetery records | 29 |
Place of burial | Embarkation Pier Cemetery (Special Memorial B. 32), Gallipoli, Turkey |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: George and Emily Frances Hogben, 205 Clyde Street, Island Bay, Wellington |
Family/military connections | Brother: 62313 Pte Herbert McLachlan HOGBEN, 2nd Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, killed in action, 27 March 1918. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Main Body |
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