English Māori Joseph Judge Died 24 September 1917 PDF Key details Service numberWWI 56791 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankWW1 Private AWMM New Zealand Infantry AWMM WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Headstone, Plymouth (Efford) Cemetery (photo Mrs Kyle 2000) - No known copyright restrictions View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesJoseph AWMM SurnameJudge AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service numberWWI 56791 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth Date of birth1 May 1877 Public - Mervyn Phillip - Researcher - 20 July 2017 - Miltary personnel file Place of birthBacup Public - Mervyn Phillip - Researcher - 20 July 2017 - England census 1911, 1901, 1891, 1881 Birth notes Address before enlistment10 Nixon Place Wanganui Public - Mervyn Phillip - Researcher - 20 July 2017 - Military personnel file Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationMrs C. Judge (mother), 17 Leyland Street, Accrington, Lancashire, England AWMM Relationship statusSingle Public - Mervyn Phillip - Researcher - 20 July 2017 - Military personnel file Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Campaign Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service numberWWI 56791 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM Occupation before enlistment1917 Labourer at soap factory Gilberd and Sons in Wanganui1911 Labourer at a chemical manufacturer Public - Mervyn Phillip - Researcher - 20 July 2017 - Military personnel file and 1911 census Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW1 26 Jul 1917-24 September 1917 AWMM to Plymouth, Devon AWMM HMNZT 90 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa AWMM Rifleman AWMM Reinforcements H Company (part) AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesAccidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM Accidental death on active service AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankWW1 Private AWMM New Zealand Infantry AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Ten privates, serving in the 1NZEF (28th Reinforcements) were killed in Bere Ferrers Railway Station while getting out of the Troop Train on September 24 1917. They had just landed at Plymouth and were on their way to join their comrades on Salisbury Plain for preliminary training.The accident happened when a trainful of NZ troops who had just arrived in the country left Friary Station, Plymouth at 3pm. At 3.50 the train approached Bere Ferrers. The soldiers were raw, sick, tired and above all hungry, having eaten breakfast at 6am. They had been told that food would be provided on the journey. The arrangement was that when the train made its first stop at Exeter, two men from each carriage would carry provisions from the brake-van together with cups of tea and buns provided by the Mayoress' Comforts Fund. When the train made an unscheduled stop at Bere Ferrers, men in the rear section of the train decided that this must be Exeter, and breaking the rule of two from each carriage, jumped down. Some of them spilled onto the down-line track, just as the Waterloo -to- Plymouth Express rounded the sharp curve on its entry into Bere Ferrers. Although the fireman shouted a warning, and the train driver applied the brakes, the train pulled up about 400m beyond the station. Nine soldiers died instantly and another died the following morning in Tavistock Hospital. The inquest revealed that the men had got out of the train in the wrong side simply because they had assumed the door of entry was the correct door to exit by. Information was supplied by Mrs Kyle (England). AWMM Outline Of His LifeRifleman Joseph Judge was aged 40 when he died in the railway accident on the way to Sling Camp in 1917. He had never married, and was survived by his mother and brother.Joseph was born in Bacup, Lancashire on 1 May 1877. His parents Anthony Judge (a stonemason) and Catherine O’Neil lived all their lives in Lancashire. When joseph emigrated to New Zealand in 1912 he left behind his brother and his widowed mother at 17 Leyland Street Accrington.He sailed from London to Auckland on the S S Ruahine, describing himself as “chemical worker” (in the census the year before he was a general labourer with a chemical manufacturer).When he was called up in 1917 he was living in a respectable boarding house at 10 Nixon Place Wanganui in the North Island of New Zealand, at which time has was employed by soap manufacturer J B Gilberd & Sons Ltd as a labourer.He enlisted on 23 April 1917 and sailed to war aboard the Ulimaroa on 26 July, disembarking in England on 24 September and died in the railway accident later that day. He is buried in the Efford Cemetery, Plymouth, grave 3407 (Roman Catholic).It seems his mother died in the County Asylum in 1921, and Joseph’s service medal was forwarded to his brother Arthur at 1 Grimshaw Street Accrington. Arthur, who was born in Bacup circa 1883, was the sole survivor of Joseph’s immediate family; although the 1881 census mentions O’Neil and Smith relatives. Public - Mervyn Phillip - Researcher - 20 July 2017 - Military pesonnel file, England census 1881-1911, emigration passenger list Read more Death About death Contribute › Death24 September 1917 AWMM England, United Kingdom AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathAccidental Death AWMM Death notes CemeteryPlymouth (Efford) Cemetery, Devon, England AWMM R.C. C. 3407. AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial nameBere Ferrers Parrish, Devon, memorial tablet AWMM Roll of Honour Remember Joseph Judge by laying a poppy. John Mervyn Judge John Rockleigh Judge Joseph Judge Margaret Zelie Judge Patrick Leslie Judge Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Joseph Judge Leave a note Contribute › Processing Sources Sources Contribute › External linksMilitary personnel file http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=18055072 Further Reference Auckland Weekly News 27 September 1917 p 44 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/awn27sep1917.html Further Reference The Bere Ferrers Rail Accident, 24 September 1917. (1917, October 4). Auckland Weekly News, p. 59. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/bere.html Further Reference A Street Near You record https://astreetnearyou.org/person/2852544/- Further Reference Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2852544 Further Reference DocumentsHMNZT 90. Te karere : the message : H.M.N.Z.T. no. 90. [1917]. AWMM New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM 69: 34 AWMM Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F. AWMM Chronicles of the NZEF 3 October 1917, p.83. An account of the accident that resulted in the death of nine New Zealanders. AWMM Contributors Processing Command item Command item Add new record Refresh DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact 20 July 2017Mervyn PhillipLevin, New ZealandResearcher The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
