Ian James Judge
Private · NZ #439721 · R1 Patrol
| Rank | Private |
|---|---|
| Service number | NZ #439721 |
| Patrol | R1 Patrol |
| Born | 1922-02-11 |
| Died | 2016-03-05 |
| Record | https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C121438 |
What this roll records
The prefix NZ has been added to his service number, on the authority of the Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph record already linked on this card — the Museum holds him as a New Zealand service person. The digits are unchanged. This roll formerly left the number unmarked, which made it look like a British number to anyone reading the field rather than the card.
Cenotaph-verified 27 Jul 2026 (record link added).
Signed 'R1 / 4439721' at the Picton LRDG reunion, Apr 2001; his signed service number (4439721) differs from the Cenotaph-verified #439721, which is retained (roll keeper's decision, 5 Aug 2026) (signed copy of 'Kiwi Scorpions').
Born 11 February 1922 at Matamata. Aged 94 at death. Motor Mechanic in civilian life. Embarked/served with 31 Battalion. Served in Greece and Italy. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.
Full name Ian James. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.
New Zealand (A) Squadron, LRDG — R1 Patrol at disbandment, 10 December 1943. Source: Brendan O’Carroll, ‘The Long Range Desert Group in the Aegean’ (Appendix IV, New Zealand (A) Squadron Disbandment Roll, 10 December 1943).
Motor mechanic in civilian life; after the war, motor mechanic, then home appliance dealer. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.
See him in the full roll →Where this comes from
- Additional sources (AWMM Online Cenotaph). Nominal Roll 2NZEF No. 11, p.69. Unit history: Loughnan, R. (1963). Divisional Cavalry. External links: Hon. Judith Collins, Address to the final parade of the LRDG (13 Dec 2008): https://www.beehive.govt.nz/speech/address-final-parade-long-range-desert-group Also cited: Obituary, The New Zealand Herald, 8-9 March 2016; NZIPP Veteran Portrait Project.
- Listed in the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll.
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