Sergeant

John Augustus Loffhagen

MM

Awards

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Augustus and Matilda Jane Loffhagen.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

The story goes Uncle John was toasting marshmellows in an underground bunker when a bomb landed close by and sent shrapnel into his chest. He had earlier written a letter (which was sent home and whi... Read More

Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
2/2466
Name:
John Augustus Loffhagen
Rank: 
Sergeant
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs M. Loffhagen (mother), Southbrook, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Culverden, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Field Artillery

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
10 January 1918
Day of Death:
Thursday
Age at Death: 
28
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
8th Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
13 November 1915
Transport:

HMNZT 35
HMNZT 36
Vessel:
Willochra or Tofua
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
K. 2.
Cemetery Location: 
Belgium
John Augustus Loffhagen
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