Harold James JUDD

Regimental number64525
Date of birth16 June 1897
Place of birthWarrnambool, Victoria, Australia
ReligionBaptist
OccupationGrocer
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 6"
Weight130 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Eliza Judd, 64 Sackville Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland
Previous military serviceServed in 13th Company, Senior Cadets (time expired); serving in 3rd Auckland Regiment at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date21 June 1917
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 32nd Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 96 Maunganui on 21 November 1917
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from
Final rankPrivate
Final unitCanterbury Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 19 December 1918
Discharge date28 April 1920
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington on board HT 'Maunganui', 21 November 1917; disembarked Liverpool, England, 8 January 1918, and marched in to Sling Camp.

Admitted to Tidworth Military Hospital, 2 February 1918 (rubella); discharged to quarantine, 8 February 1918.

Proceeded overseas to France, 15 May 1918; joined 2nd Bn, Otago Infantry Regiment, in the field, 19 May 1918, and posted to No 4 Company.

Wounded in action, 23 August 1918 (gun shot wound, back: penetrating); admitted to No 1 NZ Field Ambulance, 25 August 1918; transferred same day to 56th Casualty Clearing Station; to No 2 Canadian General Hospital, Le Treport, 25 August 1918 (placed on 'Dangerously Ill' list, 26 August 1918; removed from list, 30 August 1918); to England, 30 August 1918, and admitted to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 2 September 1918.

Placed on NZ Roll, 27 September 1918, for return to New Zealand.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Southampton on board HT 'Marama', 19 December 1918; discharged (no longer physically fit for Active Service on ccount of wounds received in action), 28 April 1920.

Total war service: 2 years 312 days (of which 1 year 68 days was abroad)

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Died 1929 from old gun shot wound (spine): paraplegia 10 years; pyoneptrosis, 6 months; toxaenemia, 3 weeks.
Miscellaneous detailsParents: James and Eliza (both b. Australia)
Date of death10 January 1929 Auckland
Age at death31
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 75, p. 35
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805.