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Births Jun 1887   Jude Samuel Wisbeach 3b 604
The district Wisbeach is an alternative name for Wisbech.

Enlisted Old Guildford, New South Wales.

His brother, Private Charles Henry Jude, Service Number 2156, 17th Bn Australian Imperial Force was Killed in Action  in France  26-8-16, age 24.

He is one of three Australian casualties of the Great War remembered on the Wisbech 1914-1918 War Memorial, his brother being one of those.

His wargrave carries this inscription:

ALSO IN MEMORY OF PRIVATE CHARLES HENRY JUDE 17TH BN. AUSTRALIAN INF. 26TH AUGUST 1916

They were sons of Samuel & Sarah Jude, South Brink, Wisbech.

The following is an article from the Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate (Parramatta, NSW) dated 12 August 1916.

" What German Killed My Father?"

This was the question asked by the five years-old orphan son of a brave soldier, Private Samuel Jude, of Old Guildford, when his grandmother told him last week that his father had died in England as the result of wounds received in France. Private Jude was as fine a man in the flesh as he looks in his photograph. He was 28 years of age, and before the war broke out had been working for about six years along the pipe-line at Guildford, and was a very popular man with his work-mates and all with whom he came into contact. He was an Englishman and was married about six years ago, by Rev. A. E. J. Ross, in Christ Church, Old Guildford, to Miss Adeitha Hare, daughter or Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Hare, of Orchardleigh-road, Old Guildford. They resided for some time at Bolton-street, Granville, where Mrs. Jude died when her first child (the one who asked the above significant question) was but five days old. The bereaved husband then took his child to the latter's grandmother's home, where they resided until September of last year, when the father enlisted. He sailed on November 2 with the 5th Reinforcements of the 18th Battalion, 5th Brigade, for Egypt and was very soon afterwards transferred to France. He was there wounded, on May 11, whilst carrying out some heroic mission for which his superior officer called for volunteers, and he was one of the braves who answered that call. He received a gun-shot wound in the face, and was taken to the Brook War Hospital at Woolwich, England, where he arrived on May 30. Ever since that time various messages have come through as to his condition he being reported sometimes as progressing favourably, at others as seriously, and still at others as critically ill. But at last, the poor, brave fellow, whose wounds must have been of an awful nature, sur-rendered to the Great God of Battles, and Mrs. Hare received a message from Victoria Barracks stating that Private Jude had succumbed to his wounds on July 26. A cable message, dated August 1, however, stated that death had occurred on July 20. The unfortunate hero could not, of course, write during all this time, but a few particulars of his wounds were received by Mrs. Hare in a letter written by Private Jude's sister in England, and dated June 25. This stated that they had been to see him in hospital and that the hero would not be able to write for some time. "He is getting up a little in the day-time now. One of his poor eyes is very bad. They are trying hard to get it well but are afraid they will have to take it out. He can now begin to feed himself. He has no roof to his mouth. He has got to have an artificial one put in, also an artificial jaw. He will be a patched-up poor boy. He says he would not mind getting back home." The now dead soldier sent New Year's greetings to his little son when in Egypt on a post-card taken with some mates at the Pyramids.

The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK

Died on this date - 20th July......Pte Samuel Jude was born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England in 1887. He married Adeitha Hare on 14th December, 1910 at Christ Church, Guildford, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Adeitha Jude died on 24th October, 1911 leaving a baby only a few days old.

Samuel Jude enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 19th August, 1915 as a 28 year old, widowed Labourer from Fairfield, Sydney, NSW. His next of kin was listed as his son - S. J. Jude, in the care of Mrs J. C. Hare (grandmother) of Old Guildford, Sydney, NSW.

Private Jude embarked from Sydney, NSW on 2nd November, 1915 with the 6th Reinforcements of 18th Battalion. He was transferred to 3rd Battalion & joined them on 14th February, 1916 at Tel-el-Kebir. Private Jude proceeded to France & arrived at Marseilles on 28th March,1916.

Private Jude was wounded in action in France on 14th May, 1916. He was admitted to 1st Australian Field Ambulance with gunshot wounds to face & invalided to England where he was admitted to Brook War Hospital, Woolwich, London, England on 30th May, 1916.
Private Samuel Jude died on 20th July, 1916 at Brook War Hospital, Woolwich, London, England from wounds received in action in France - bullet wounds to skull.

The body of the late Private Samuel Jude was sent to his mother’s residence at South Brink, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire prior to his interment. He was buried on 25th July, 1916 in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England and has a Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone.

(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/wisbech.html