William Alfred JUDSON

Regimental number11/1816
Date of birth31 January 1893
Place of birthWoodend, Napier
ReligionWesleyan
OccupationFarmer
Addressc/o W H Judson, Woodend via Kaiapoi
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 11"
Weight153 lbs
Next of kinFather, William Henry Judson, Judson's Road, Woodend, Kaiapoi
Enlistment date23 September 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, Wellington Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 10 October 1915
The Mounted Rifles component of the 7th Reinforcements left New Zealand on 10 October 1915 on board two ships, 'Aparima' and 'Navua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 5 April 1917
Discharge date10 July 1917
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 10 October 1915; disembarked Suez, 18 November 1915.

Left for Canal Zone, 23 January 1916; returned to Base, Serapeum, 9 February 1916 (unfit for Active Service).

Joined 2nd Bn, Wellington Infantry Regiment, Moascar, 26 March 1916.

Admitted to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance, 1 April 1916 (appendicitis, old operation), and transferred same day to NZ General Hospital, Cairo; discharged to Base Depot, Ghezireh, 8 April 1916; rejoined Bn, Sahlia, 20 April 1916.

Admitted to 31st General Hospital, Port Said, 26 May 1916 (recurrent diarrhoea); transferred by ship to Alexandria, 6 June 1916, and admitted to 15th General Hospital; discharged to Base, 14 June 1916; admitted to Aotea Convalescent Depot, Abbassia, 25 June 1916; transferred to England, 15 September 1916; admitted to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 24 November 1916; and admitted to No 3 NZ General Hospital, Codford, 14 January 1917; marched in to NZ Command Depot, Codford, from hospital, 1 March 1917

Commenced return to New on board SS 'Athenic', 5 April 1917; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of illness contracted on Active Service), 10 July 1917.

War service: 1 year 321 days (of which 1 year 247 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Mounted Rifles/Seventh
Date of death3 October 1965 Christchurch
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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