MUDGE, Kenneth Andrew
Service Numbers: | 552, 951 |
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Enlisted: | 1 December 1914, Oaklands, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Trooper |
Last Unit: | 3 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps |
Born: | Bowden, South Australia, 3 March 1896 |
Home Town: | Hindmarsh, Charles Sturt, South Australia |
Schooling: | Brompton Public School |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | GSW head, Sheik Abbas Ridge, Palestine, 19 April 1917, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
Jerusalem War Cemetery Buried by Chaplin C. Scott LITTLE at Sheik Abbass Ridge, El-Arish |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cowell Men from Franklin Harbour WW1 Roll of Honour, Cowell War Memorial, Elbow Hill Methodist Church WW1 Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
1 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 552, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Oaklands, South Australia | |
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2 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 552, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
2 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 552, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Medic, Brisbane | |
16 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 951, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
16 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 951, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane | |
17 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 552, 9th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
22 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 11th Light Horse Regiment | |
19 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 951, 3 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, Battles of Gaza , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 951 awm_unit: 3 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1917-04-19 |
Obituary
THE LATE PRIVATE K. A. MUDGE.
Mr. W. J. Mudge, of Tait-street, North Croydon, has been notified that his fourth
son. Private Kenneth A. Mudge, of the 3rd Camel Corps, was killed in action on
April 19. Private Mudge enlisted in 1914. He was educated at Brompton school, and was 21 years of age
Chronicle Saturday 26 May 1917 page 38
Submitted 6 February 2016 by Faithe Jones
Biography
Son of William James MUDGE nd Clara Amelia nee KLEI
Kenneth Andrew had to seek his father's permission to join the war effort.