HUDSON, Edwin
| Service Number: | 6744 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 29th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Headington, Oxfordshire, England., 1897 |
| Home Town: | Leeton, Leeton, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 23 November 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31., Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Leeton ANZAC Memorial Clock Tower and Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6744, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Napier embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 17 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6744, 14th Infantry Battalion, SS Port Napier, Sydney | |
| 23 Nov 1917: | Involvement Private, 6744, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6744 awm_unit: 29th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-11-23 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Dec 1897 Hudson Edwin Headington 3a 869.
29th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
He was 20 and the son of Edwin and Rosenia Hudson, of I, High St., New Headington, Oxon, England.
He is commemorated on the war memorial in All Saints Church located on the corner of Lime Walk and All Saints' Road, Headington
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX3 7AB
England
Wall mounted elaborate wooden board comprising a moulded flat-topped pediment, two side pilasters and a plain lower rail, all enclosing a recessed horizontal inscription panel with raised lettering, beneath which, are three recessed vertical panels of inscribed names. Pediment area encloses, in relief, a wide foliate design with centralised intertwining letters "IHS". The two pilasters incorporate decorative inset carvings also in relief. At each end of the lower rail are the Great War duration years in raised numerals.