John Polglase

1884-1918

Unit

5th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37652

Born in New Zealand

15 December 1884

Parents

Mother

Edith Polglase

Father

John Polglase

Residence

Hometown

Blackball

Work

Occupation

Miner

Employer

Campbell, Blackball

Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

World War I (1914-1918)

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Died at the age of 33

5 April 1918

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5550 31/0093506, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.62, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 40.

Anthony Byledbal, “John Polglase (1884-1918)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/688