MUDGWAY, Clarence Isaac

Son of Edward Mudgway & Minnie Cooley

b. 1896 NZ - d. 1985 NZ

World War I, 1914-1918

Serial No.: 24/1428

First Known Rank: Rifleman

Next of Kin: Edwin Mudgway (father), Ohau, New Zealand

Marital Status: Single

Enlistment Address: Koputaroa, New Zealand

Military District: Wellington

Body on Embarkation: 2nd Reinforcements to 2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade

Embarkation Unit: F Company

Embarkation Date: 13 November 1915

Place of Embarkation: Wellington, New Zealand

Vessel: Willochra or Tofua

Destination: Suez, Egypt

Egypt (1915-16)

Boulogne & Etaples, France (1917-18)

Clarence enlisted on 24 August 1915 at Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington, aged 19 years. He was recorded as being 5', 7½" tall with a medium-fair complexion, medium hair and blue eyes. His last address was Levin (Horowhenua). His next of kin was Edwin Mudgway (father), Ohau, Manawatu Line.

He served a total of 4 years 18 days, of which 3 years 199 days were spent in service overseas. He was discharged on 10 September 1919 on account of being no longer physically fit for service due to wounds received in action.

Source: Military documents; Auckland Cenotaph