MEXTED, Alma Honnor
Daughter of William Henry Mexted & Sarah Jane August
b. 1882 NZ - d. 1970 NZ
World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.: 13/2850
First Known Rank: Trooper
Occupation before Enlistment: Farmer
Next of Kin: Mrs S J Mexted (mother), Kiokio, King-country, New Zealand
Body on Embarkation: New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Embarkation Unit: 9th Reinforcements Auckland Mounted Rifles, A Squadron
Embarkation Date: 14 January 1916
Place of Embarkation: Wellington, New Zealand
Vessel: Dalmore
Destination: Suez, Egypt
Alexandria, Egypt (1916)
France (1916)
Alma enlisted on 19 October 1915 aged 33 years (attested at Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington). She was recorded as being 6' tall with a fresh complexion, brown hair and hazel eyes. Her last address was Kauwhenua, Otorohanga. Her next of kin was Mrs Sarah Jane Mexted (mother), Kio Kio, King Country, Auckland.
In France in May 1916 she was admitted to hospital with two bones fractured in her right forearm.
Her total service was 1 year 105 days, of which 341 days were spent serving overseas. She was discharged on 1 February 1917, no longer being physically fit for war service.
Source: Military documents; Auckland Cenotaph