Henry Edward JUDD

JUDD, Henry Edward

Service Numbers: 3850, 3850A
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 13th Infantry Battalion
Born: Girilambone, New South Wales, Australia, 18 July 1883
Home Town: Forbes, Forbes, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer, Railway Porter.
Died: Died of wounds, France, 8 August 1918, aged 35 years
Cemetery: Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glebe Roll of Honor, Glebe War Memorial, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board
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World War 1 Service

24 Jan 1917: Involvement Private, 3850, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
24 Jan 1917: Embarked Private, 3850, 1st Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney
8 Aug 1918: Involvement Private, 3850A, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3850A awm_unit: 13 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-08-08

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Biography contributed by John Oakes

Henry Edward JUDD (Service Number 3850A) was born at Girilambone on 18th July 1883. He was the eldest son of Henry Braidwood Judd of ‘Yarrangong’, Forbes, For some years he followed farming pursuits in the Forbes district, but in 1913 joined the NSW Government Railways as a porter at Darling Harbour.  Early in 1916 he disposed of his property, and in December 1916 enlisted in the AIF in Sydney.

He embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT ‘Anchises’ in January 1917. He landed in England in March and initially trained with the Pioneer Battalion. He  transferred in July to the 13th Battalion of Infantry, with reinforcements. He was sent to France in August.  He was ‘Taken on strength’ by the 13th Battalion on 1st September. He was sent to hospital two weeks later with synovitis of the right knee – he had wrenched the knee playing football – and returned to England.  In November he was discharged from hospital there and given a fortnight’s leave, after which he was given duties in England.  In March 1918 he was punished for a day’s Absence Without Leave. Two weeks later he returned to France, re-joining his unit in April. 

On 8 August 1918 he was wounded in action near Morlancourt during the Battle of Amiens and died the same day of his wounds.  He was buried in Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, 2¾ miles W of Corbie.

- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.

 

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