John Polglase

1884-1918

Unit

5th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37652

About

Born in New Zealand

15 December 1884
Parents

Mother

Edith Polglase

Father

John Polglase
Live

Hometown

Blackball
Work

Occupation

Miner

Employer

Campbell, Blackball
Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

New Zealand Tunnellers

British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 33

5 April 1918

Sources

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.

How to cite this page

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