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Clarence Frank JUDGE

Regimental number971
Place of birthGoudhurst, Kent, England
SchoolCouncil School, England
Age on arrival in Australia25
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationGrocer
AddressLord Street, Perth, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Height5' 2.75"
Weight126 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Susan Judge, Goodhurst Road, Marden, Kent, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date23 June 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll19 June 1915
Place of enlistmentPerth, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 20 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFleurbaix, France (Battle of Fromelles)
Age at death28.9
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 5), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
120
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred William and Susan JUDGE, Gouldhurst Road, Marden, Kent, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Disembarked Suez, ex-HMAT 'Geelong', 18 December 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.

Posted missing, 20 July 1916.

Certified by Private L. J. Western, 334, that Private Judge succumbed to wounds; now, 12 April 1917, to be reported as 'Killed in Action, 20 July 1916'.

Statement, Red Cross File No 1470703, 334 Pte L.J. WESTERN, D Company, 8th Bn, 5 January 1917: 'On retiring from the German trenches in the Fromelles region on the morning of July 20th 1916 [1078] Pte [G.S.] Gibney and myself passed over the German front line together and we just exchanged the usual greetings "Good-day" although it was a rotten day, by the way. When about in the middle of "No Man's Land" I got a bullet so dropped into a shell hole and went to sleep for about five hours. When I awoke at what I judged to be about -- a.m. I heard someone calling in agonised tones "For God's sake give me some water!" On looking along the water gutter leading to the shell hole, I saw my friend Guy Gibney and another fellow, so having about half a dozen mouthsful of water in my bottle, I crawled to them and gave them a sip ach, at least shared it between them. His mate was Pte C.J. (sic) Judge. Gibney was badly wounded in the upper part of the legs and chest by shrapnel I should say, while Judge was wounded in the shin part of the left leg also body. After I gavethem water, barely more than two mouthfuls each, they became quiet and to a casual onlooker apparently asleep, but I regret to say, they succumbed to their wounds. About eighteen hours after I got hit I crawled into our own lines, under cover of darkness.'

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, JUDGE Clarence Frank
Red Cross file 1470703

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