Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Plugge, CMG (/ˈplʌɡi/,[1] (17 February 1877 – 2 July 1934), was an English-born officer who served during the First World War with the New Zealand Military Forces.

He worked as a teacher at Kings College in Auckland for a number of years before becoming headmaster at Dilworth Ulster Institute.

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.

[1] He was not particularly popular as a commander, being regarded as an amiable but weak leader, and reportedly favoured the company drawn from his territorial regiment.

[4] Plugge's battalion arrived in Egypt on 3 December 1914 and from there were the first New Zealand troops to land at ANZAC Cove on 25 April 1915.

[5] For his work during the landings of 25 April, he was mentioned in despatches for the first time when General Ian Hamilton's report of 20 May was published in The London Gazette.

[8] The New Zealand Division proceeded to the Western Front and in September, Plugge led the battalion during the Battle of the Somme.

[2] He was buried in Taupiri Cemetery with military honours with a number of notable former and current soldiers present, among them Major General George Spafford Richardson and Colonel John Evelyn Duigan.