The first Rhodesian-born member of the R.F.C. seems to have been Daniel Sievewright Judson, or "Pat" as he was known. Born in Bulawayo in 1898, he was educated in South Africa and in Bulawayo, where he attended St. George's School and the Milton School. His Australian-born father was the redoubtable Dan Judson, an early pioneer of Rhodesia and a well-known Rhodesian soldier, who commanded the famous patrol tasked with rescuing those besieged at Mazoe, near Salisbury, during the 1896 Matabele Rebellion. During World War One, "Pat", still only a mere boy, was to serve in the German South-West African campaign with the First Rhodesia Regiment, before later joining the Queen's Westminster Rifles in England. Judson subsequently transferred to the R.F.C., and by April 1916 was serving on the Western Front as an observer with No. 9 Squadron, before training as a pilot. He was wounded in early 1918, and thereafter ferried aircraft from the United Kingdom to France . The intrepid "Pat" Judson went on to carve a niche for himself as a pioneer of Rhodesian and southern African aviation before being tragically killed in an air-accident at Salisbury, Rhodesia in 1931. http://www.helium.com/items/772009-countries-involved-in-world-war-i
Here's a long biography ! ......... http://www.rhodesia.nl/Aviation/judson.htm RFC and RAF Officers believed to have served in Warwickshire in WW1 and 1920s "Pat" served here ... and they say on the site that they have more information on most of the people listed, which they are pleased to share !! http://www.couplandbell.com/marg/officersf-l.htm
