Farley, Charles Judd

Charles Judd Farley was born on September 6, 1891, in Brighton, Massachusetts. His parents were Helen Haunani Judd and Arthur Christopher Farley, partner of the dry goods firm Farley, Harvey and Company in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Farley, often referred to as “Judd,” attended Harvard University and the State College of Washington before entering the American Field Service (AFS), a volunteer ambulance and camion service serving with the French Army in France, on October 2, 1916, at the age of 25. He served as an ambulance driver with Section Sanitaire [États-] Unis (SSU) 9 and later became Commandant Adjoint of SSU 16, making him responsible for the enforcement of orders and the maintenance of discipline within the section.

In the summer of 1917, Farley attended the French Army Officer’s School at Meaux, and then became a camion driver with the Réserve Mallet, the branch of AFS engaged in the transportation of munitions and supplies, eventually serving as Commandant Adjoint of Transport Matériel [États-] Unis (TMU) 397. When the United States (U.S.) entered the war in 1917, AFS was absorbed by the U.S. Army and ceased to exist as an independent organization. Farley subsequently enlisted in the U.S. Army and rose to First Lieutenant in the camion units of the United States Motor Transport Corps.

Charles Judd Farley passed away on January 2, 1965.

[Bio courtesy of AFS Archives, New York]