George Edward Mudgway

Forenames

George Edward AWMM

Surname

Mudgway AWMM

Service number

WWI 61715 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

1 Apr 1894 AWMM

Post war occupation

Tailer-Out (Mill)/Civilian AWMM

Next of kin

E. Mudgway (father), Ohau, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 13 Oct 1917 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 61715 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 18 Jun 1916 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM
Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 13 Oct 1917-08 Dec 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 93 AWMM Vessel was Corinthic AWMM Private AWMM 30th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Regiment, B Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 feet 7 inches AWMM
• Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
  Dark AWMM
• Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
  Grey AWMM
• Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
  Brown AWMM
• Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
  Heart Failure AWMM

Last rank

Inter War 27 May 1919 AWMM Private AWMM

Commenced duty on 18 June 1917.

Returned to New Zealand aboard SS Raranga.

The Auckland Museum Library's manuscripts collection (MS 2005/4) holds papers relating to Mudgway's war service. The History and Pictorial departments also hold additional items (see manuscript record for details). AWMM

Death

30 Jun 1966 AWMM
Age  72 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Otaki Public Cemetery, Otaki, New Zealand AWMM Lawn 22 AWMM

Obituary

MUDGWAY, George Edward. (Veteran 1914-18 War. No. 61715). —On June 30, 1966, at his residence, 7 Matene Street, Otaki (late of Manukau), (suddenly), dearly beloved husband of Mollie Mudgway and loved father of Christine (Mrs. Bowater, Palmerston North), and Natalie (Mrs. Revell, Bell Block, New Plymouth), and loved granddad of Jocelyn Angennla, Judith, Wendy, Jamela, and Grant. Aged 72. Service at All Saints Anglican Church, Otaki, on Saturday, July 2, 1966, at 11 a.m., thereafter at Otaki Lawn Cemetery. (Source: unknown) AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21378236
  Further Reference
• White, Georgina. Frederick Tucker. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira. First published: 4 February 2021.
  https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/frederick-tucker
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  72: 9
• Reville, Natalie. Papers relating to World War I soldiers George Edward Mudgway and Frederick Tucker. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2005-4.
• Information kindly provided by family