Eric VOGHT

Regimental number32758
Date of birth22 April 1886
Place of birthMarton
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Height5' 7.75"
Weight160 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Voght, Rewa via Feilding
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date28 July 1916
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 19th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 15 November 1916
The Infantry component of the 19th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Rolls to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialPoelcapelle British Cemetery (Plot XXXII, Row E, Grave No 6), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs Annie Voght, The School, Te Kiri, Eltham, Taranaki
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 15 November 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 29 January 1917, and marched into Sling Camp.

Proceeded overseas to France, 1 March 1917; joined 1st Bn, Otago Infantry Regiment, in the field, 21 May 1917, and posted to 10th Company.

Admitted to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance, 24 September 1917 (scabies), and transferred to No 4 Stationary Hospital, St Omer; rejoined Bn, 30 September 1917.

Killed in action, 12 October 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 45, p. 16
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22020857

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