JUDD BROTHERS
[Albert Percy, Daniel Sydney, William George, Arthur Guy & Garnett Leslie]
SAPPER ALBERT PERCY JUDD
Mining Corps
Tamworth, New South Wales was the birthplace of Albert Percie Judd on September 6, 1893 the son of Thomas Albert and Mary Ann (nee Givney) Judd.
At the recruiting depot in Newcastle, NSW on August 21, 1915 the almost twenty-two year old miner applied to enlist for active service abroad and passed the medical examination. Attestation forms were completed on September 6, 1915 which describe him as 184cms (6ft 1ins) tall, weighing 77kgs (170lbs) with a chest expansion of 84-97cms (33-38ins). Complexion was fair with blue eyes and fair hair. Distinctive mark was a tattoo on his left forearm. Religion was Church of England. Next-of-kin was his father Thomas Judd of Warners Bay, NSW.
During the month of August the Judd brothers enlisted and acknowledgement to the district’s departing volunteers was published in the:
After training with ‘C Coy’ 3rd Battalion at Liverpool camp, Private Judd and his brothers Arthur and William were transferred to the Mining Corps on November 16th as recruits during their establishment phase. Inventory of his kit was found in order. He was allotted to the No.1 Company of the Corps in the rank of Sapper.
The brothers were photographed as members of the No.1 Company of the Mining Corps in November, 1915 at Casula camp.
On December 9, 1915 Albert appeared before the medical board at Liverpool camp and his Statement of Case reads:
Disability: Hydrocele of cord [collection of watery fluid in sac-like body cavity usually scrotum]
When occurred: Four months ago
Where: Newcastle, NSW
Caused by: Lifting skips
Present condition: Hydrocele of cord
Aggravated by Service: yes (missed drill & physical exercises)
Labour capacity: ¼ %
Recommendation: Discharge as permanently unfit
Medical Board Opinion: The Board assembled having examined Pte A.P. Judd finds that he
suffers from Hydrocele and that he is unfit for active service
Confirmed: 10/12/15
The Board’s proceedings were forwarded to Headquarters at Liverpool on December 14, 1915 and documents in regard to necessary action were returned on December 18.
Military Discharge was issued on December 30, 1915 from Casula camp after service of 132 days due to being medically unfit. All money due was paid and he handed back his kit to the Quartermaster of No. 1 Company which was found correct. No War Service medals were issued as he did not serve overseas.
In 1943 the following report was published in the
This Court inquiry from 1946 also appeared in the:
Albert Percy Judd died on December 10, 1960 aged 67 years. The announcement was as follows:
His grave is located in the Church of England portion, Division B, Section 1 in Allotment 70 of the Wallsend Cemetery.
SAPPER DANIEL SYDNEY JUDD
153 – 1st Tunnelling Company
Daniel Sydney Judd was born in Cobar, NSW on January 8, 1882 the son of Thomas Albert and Mary Ann (nee Givney) Judd. He married on June 5, 1905 to Elsie Ivy Rootsey at Boolaroo, NSW and registered at Wallsend, NSW.
On August 1, 1915 the thirty-two year old metal worker applied to enlist for active service abroad at the recruiting depot in Newcastle, NSW and passed the medical examination. Forms of Attestation were completed which reveal particulars of his height 175cms (5ft 8¾ins), weight 69kgs (152lbs) with a chest measurement of 90-94cms (35½-37ins). Fair described his complexion with blue eyes and grey hair. Church of England was his religious faith. Next-of-kin nominated was his wife Elsie May Judd of Third Street, Boolaroo, NSW giving two-fifths of his pay in support of his wife and children. He was sworn in the same day.
At Liverpool camp, NSW on August 3, 1915 he commenced basic training and allotted to the 11th Reinforcement to the 2nd Battalion and later transferred to the 11th Reserves. On October 28, 1915 he was assigned to the No.1 Company, Mining Corps at Casula camp, near Liverpool in the rank of Sapper with the regimental number 153.
At a civic parade in the Domain, Sydney on Saturday February 19, 1916, a large crowd of relations and friends of the departing Miners lined the four sides of the parade ground. Sixty police and 100 Garrison Military Police were on hand to keep the crowds within bounds. The scene was an inspiriting one. On the extreme right flank, facing the saluting base, were companies of the Rifle Club School; next came a detachment of the 4th King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, then the bands of the Light Horse, Liverpool Depot, and the Miners’ on the left, rank upon rank, the Miners’ Battalion.
The Corps boarded HMAT A38 Ulysses in Sydney, NSW on February 20 and sailed for the European theatre. Arriving in Melbourne, Victoria on February 22 the Miners camped at Broadmeadows for a stay of 7 days while further cargo was loaded.
Another parade was held at the Broadmeadows camp on March 1, the Miners’ Corps being inspected by the Governor-General, as Commander-in-Chief of the Commonwealth military forces.
Leaving Melbourne on March 1, Ulysses arrived at Fremantle, Western Australia on March 7 where a further 53 members were taken on board.
On Wednesday March 8, 1916 the whole force, with their band and equipment, paraded at Fremantle prior to leaving Victoria Quay at 9.30 o’clock.
The ship hit a reef when leaving Fremantle harbour, stripping the plates for 40 feet and, although there was a gap in the outside plate, the inner bilge plates were not punctured. The men on board nicknamed her ‘Useless’. The Miners were off-loaded and sent to the Blackboy Hill Camp where further training was conducted.
The Mining Corps comprised 1303 members at the time they embarked with a Headquarters of 40; No.1 Company – 390; No.2 Company – 380; No.3 Company – 392, and 101 members of the 1st Reinforcements.
Finally departing Fremantle on April 1, Ulysses voyaged via Suez, Port Said and Alexandria in Egypt. The Captain of the shipwas reluctantto take Ulysses out of the Suez Canal because he felt the weight of the ship made it impossible to manoeuvre in the situation of a submarine attack. The troops were transhipped to HM Transport B.1 Ansonia, then on to Valetta, Malta before disembarking at Marseilles, France on May 5, 1916. As a unit they entrained at Marseilles on May 7 and detrained on May 11 at Hazebrouck.
A ‘Mining Corps’ did not fit in the British Expeditionary Force, and the Corps was disbanded and three Australian Tunnelling Companies were formed. The Technical Staff of the Corps Headquarters, plus some technically qualified men from the individual companies, was formed into the entirely new Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company (AEMMBC), better known as the ‘Alphabetical Company’.
On June 6, 1916 he went sick to the 2nd New Zealand Field Ambulance for treatment of scabies (a skin irritation caused by Itch Mite whose eggs are laid under the skin’s outer layer) and was discharged to his unit on June 10.
He was admitted from the field on September 7, 1916 to the 110th Field Ambulance with Influenza and returned to his unit five days later.
A transfer to the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company (1ATC) officially took place on December 24, 1916.
On July 21, 1917 he was admitted to the 53rd Casualty Clearing Station and transferred the next day to 4th Stationary Hospital at Arques for treatment of dental caries. He rejoined his unit on August 5, 1917.
The following disciplinary action took place on November 8, 1917 as follows:
Crime: W.O.A.S. [while on active service] A.W.L. from 9am to 3.30pm 2/11/17
Award: Forfeits 4 day’s pay by C.O. 1st Tun Co
Blue Chevrons were issued to wear on his uniform for twelve months overseas service.
He went to the 42nd Casualty Clearing Station on July 21, 1918 with P.U.O. (Pyrexia (fever) uncertain origin) and conveyed on A.T.33 to the 54th General Hospital for treatment of P.U.O. On July 11, 1918 was invalided to England on the hospital ship St Andrew and entered the 1st Southern General Hospital, Edgbaston Section, Birmingham with severe P.U.O.
Base Records advised his wife on July 31, 1918 that he has been sent to hospital. Further advice was given on August 9 that he was now convalescent.
He was discharged to the 3rd Aust Auxiliary Hospital in Dartford on July 24 and discharged to the No.2 Command Depot at Weymouth on August 20, 1918.
His name appeared among those in the Casualty List published in the:
A month later on September 23, 1918 Sapper Judd was invalided to Australia on board H.T. Borda with debility from cardio-vascular changes. Base Records advised his wife on October 12, 1918 that he was returning to Australia. The ship docked in Melbourne (3rd Military District) on November 26, 1918 and then travelled overland to Sydney (2nd M.D.).
Military Discharge was issued in Sydney (2nd M.D.) on December 27, 1918 as medically unfit.
A year later the following Divorce Court Report was printed in the:
Further proceedings from the Court were published in the:
Daniel married in 1921 to Ruby P. Carter with their marriage registered at Wallsend, NSW.
For service for his country Sapper Daniel Sydney Judd, 1st Tunnelling Company was issued with the British War Medal (33218) and the Victory Medal (32803).
In 1930 his residence was listed as Flemington, NSW. A Statement of his Service was requested by the Sydney Branch of the Repatriation Commission from Base Records and forwarded on January 27, 1931.
Daniel Sydney Judd passed away on July 19, 1931 in Sydney aged 52 years. Family announcements were placed in the:
A war service plaque was issued by the War Graves Commission and placed his grave.
SAPPER / LANCE CORPORAL WILLIAM GEORGE JUDD
152 – Mining Corps / 3118 – 2nd Pioneer Battalion
Moombi, Tamworth, NSW was the birthplace of William George Judd on April 29, 1886 the son of Thomas Albert and Mary Ann Judd. He married in 1909 to Selina Frances Marion Behrends at Hamilton, NSW and they had two children.
At the Newcastle recruiting depot on August 24, 1918 the twenty-nine year old labourer applied to enlist for active service abroad. After passing the medical examination Attestation Papers were completed showing he was 182cms (5ft 11¾ins) in height, weighed 85kgs (188lbs) with a chest measurement of 104ins (41ins). Complexion was fair with grey eyes and brown hair. Church of England was his faith. Distinctive marks were a birthmark on the back of his shoulder and a brown lump on right thigh. Next-of-kin nominated was his wife Selina Marion Judd of Spiers’ Point, Boolaroo, NSW and gave three-fifths of his pay in support of her and their children. Swearing in took place on September 6, 1915.
Basic training commenced with ‘C Coy’ 3rd Battalion at Liverpool camp, NSW with Albert, Arthur and William Judd in the same company until transferred on November 16 to the Mining Corps and his Kit was found to be in order. On November 29, 1915 he was allotted to the No.1 Company of the Mining Corps. His rank was Sapper with the regimental number 152. For a short period of time the brothers Albert, Daniel and William were training at Casula camp with the Mining Corps.
At a civic parade in the Domain, Sydney on Saturday February 19, 1916, a large crowd of relations and friends of the departing Miners lined the four sides of the parade ground. Sixty police and 100 Garrison Military Police were on hand to keep the crowds within bounds. The scene was an inspiriting one. On the extreme right flank, facing the saluting base, were companies of the Rifle Club School; next came a detachment of the 4th King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, then the bands of the Light Horse, Liverpool Depot, and the Miners’ on the left, rank upon rank, the Miners’ Battalion.
The Corps boarded HMAT A38 Ulysses in Sydney, NSW on February 20 and sailed for the European theatre. Arriving in Melbourne, Victoria on February 22 the Miners camped at Broadmeadows for a stay of 7 days while further cargo was loaded.
Another parade was held at the Broadmeadows camp on March 1, the Miners’ Corps being inspected by the Governor-General, as Commander-in-Chief of the Commonwealth military forces.
Leaving Melbourne on March 1, Ulysses arrived at Fremantle, Western Australia on March 7 where a further 53 members were taken on board.
On Wednesday March 8, 1916 the whole force, with their band and equipment, paraded at Fremantle prior to leaving Victoria Quay at 9.30 o’clock.
The ship hit a reef when leaving Fremantle harbour, stripping the plates for 40 feet and, although there was a gap in the outside plate, the inner bilge plates were not punctured. The men on board nicknamed her ‘Useless’. The Miners were off-loaded and sent to the Blackboy Hill Camp where further training was conducted.
Finally departing Fremantle on April 1, Ulysses voyaged via Suez, Port Said and Alexandria in Egypt. Sapper Judd failed to embark on the transport and noted on April 6 at Blackboy Hill camp where he was transferred to the Mining Corps Reinforcements until May 11. On June 10, 1916 he embarked from Fremantle, W.A. for Melbourne, Vic on the troopship Katoomba then relocated to the Mining Corps training camp at Seymour, Vic for further training from June 17 until November 20, 1916.
He was then re-assigned to the 7th Reinforcement to the 2nd Pioneer Battalion. His rank was Sapper with the regimental number 3118.
The Battalion embarked from Melbourne, Vic on November 23, 1916 on HMAT A20 Hororata and arrived at Albany, W.A. on November 28 for one day in port. They left Australian waters for Durban, South Africa docking on December 14. While there the following disciplinary action took place: