JUDD, William George
| Service Number: | 3118 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Moonbi, New South Wales, Australia, 28 April 1886 |
| Home Town: | Boolaroo, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Warners Bay, New South Wales, Australia, 11 November 1950, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 3-183. 24. |
| Memorials: | Sulphide Corporation Pty. Ltd. Cockle Creek Works Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3118, 2nd Pioneer Battalion | |
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| 23 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 3118, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 3118, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 6 Oct 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Pioneer Battalion | |
| 15 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3118, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
71 years ago today, on the 11th November 1950, Lance Corporal William George Judd (commonly referred to as George), 2nd Australian Pioneer Battalion (Reg No-3118), labourer from Speers Point, New South Wales and Charlestown Road, Warners Bay, N.S.W., father of two, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 64. ANGLICAN 3-183. 24.
Born at Moonbi, Tamworth, New South Wales on the 28th April 1886 to Thomas Albert and Mary Anne Judd of Warners Bay, N.S.W.; husband of Selina or Selma Francis M Judd nee Behrends (married 1909, Hamilton, N.S.W., died?), William enlisted August 1915 with the Mining Corps at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 4.1.1918 (haemorrhoids).
Older brother Daniel Sydney (1st Australian Tunnelling Company, Reg No-153, born 1883, died 1931) also served 1st A.I.F.
Younger brother Arthur Guy (3rd Battalion, Reg No-4495, born 1888, died 1965) also served 1st A.I.F.
Younger brother Garnett Leslie (2nd Australian Pioneer Battalion, Reg No-7748, born 1896, died?) also served 1st A.I.F.
William returned home September 1919, being discharged on the 15th November 1919.
Mr. Judd’s name has been inscribed on the Boolaroo District Roll of Honour (photo, unveiled on the 14th December 1916, 14 names originally inscribed, 148 names now inscribed) and the Sulphide Corporation Pty Ltd Cockle Creek Works Roll of Honour (photo, unveiled on the 25th March 1922, 91 WW1 names originally inscribed, 101 names now inscribed, 16 Fallen, 42 WW2 names inscribed, 2 Fallen, as of 2015, in storage at the Newcastle Regional Museum warehouse at Maryville, N.S.W.).
I located William resting in an unmarked grave, another Forgotten Digger of The Great War, so November 2019 I placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
I will be submitting an application to DVA asking for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip to restore Honour and Dignity to William.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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