MUDGWAY, Alexander
("Alec" or "Alick")
Son of Lewis Mudgway & Mary Hawkins
b. 1895 NZ
World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.: 8/3368
First Known Rank: Private
Next of Kin: Mrs M Mudgway (mother), Te Aroha West, New Zealand
Marital Status: Single
Enlistment Address: Te Aroha, New Zealand
Military District: Auckland
Body on Embarkation: 8th Reinforcements
Embarkation Unit: Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation Date: 13 November 1915
Place of Embarkation: Wellington, New Zealand
Vessel: Willochra or Tofua
Destination: Suez, Egypt
Egypt (1915-16)
France (1916)
Alec enlisted on 25 August 1915 at Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington, aged 20 years. He was recorded as between 5', 8½" - 5', 10" tall with a fair complexion, brown/auburn hair and blue-grey eyes. He had a small scar on the left side of his neck (result of old glandular abscess). His last residence was Thames. He had previous military service in the NZEF, 8th Reinforcements (medically unfit). He had had concussion. On enlistment his next of kin was Mary Mudgway (mother), Te Aroha West. After marriage his next of kin was Mrs E Mudgway (wife), Upper Hutt (Wellington). On one document he was classified as fit for home service; on another fit for foreign service.
He served a total of 1 year 222 days, of which 1 year 114 was served overseas. He was discharged on 3 April 1917 on account of illness contracted on active service (was in the trenches when a shell exploded by him).
Source: Military documents; Auckland Cenotaph