Given the question: Facts: - death place: taupiri , new zealand - honorific prefix: lieutenant colonel - honorific suffix: cmg - battles: world war i - death date: 02 july 1934 - allegiance: new zealand - commands: auckland infantry battalion - awards: order dispatches -lrb- 2 -rrb- of st michael and st george mentioned in - birth date: 17 february 1877 - name: arthur plugge - branch: 25px new zealand military forces - birth place: hull , england - rank: lieutenant colonel Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of arthur plugge .
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lieutenant colonel arthur plugge , cmg -lrb- 17 february 18772 july 1934 -rrb- , was an english born officer who served during world war i with the new zealand military forces .as commanding officer of the auckland infantry battalion of the new zealand expeditionary force , he was among the first new zealanders to land at gallipoli on 25 april 1915 .plugge 's plateau commonwealth war graves commission cemetery is located on the hilltop where he established his headquarters on the day of the gallipoli landing .