John Burgoyne HUDSON

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HUDSON, John Burgoyne

Service Number:	723
Enlisted:	2 October 1914
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	4th Field Ambulance
Born:	Auckland, New Zealand, 1895
Home Town:	Gardenvale, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling:	Melbourne C of E Grammar
Occupation:	Medical Student
Died:	Hit by Shell, near Butte de WArlencourt, France, 25 October 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Pier and Face 3A and 3D
Memorials:	Melbourne Grammar School WW1 Fallen Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

2 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 723, 14th Infantry Battalion
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Corporal, 723, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Corporal, 723, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
22 Dec 1915:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 723, 4th Field Ambulance

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

John Burgoyne Hudson who was killed in action in the Battle of the Somme on 25th October 1916 was the son of Mr. Charles Hudson. He was born in 1895 and was at the School in 1909 and 1910, winning the Witherby Scholarship in 1909. He was in his fourth year of Medicine when he enlisted. He left here in December 1914 in 14th Battalion. In Egypt he transferred to the A.M.C. and took part in the Landing on Gallipoli. He was severely wounded in May 1915 and was in hospital in Egypt and afterwards in England. He was subsequently discharged from the AIF as medically unfit, but obtained a commission as Lieutenant in the 4th Princess Alexandra of Wales Own Yorkshire Regiment and went to France early in 1916 and fought in the Battle of the Somme. He was killed instantaneously by a shell in the firing line close to the Butte de Warlencourt, and his Commanding Officer wrote; "He was a very brave officer, and had done most excellently. His men followed him and liked him."

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