HUSSEY, Arthur Dudley
| Service Number: | 1013 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 5 January 1890 |
| Home Town: | New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Seaman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 9 April 1917, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Hermies Hill British Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 1013, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 1013, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney |
OBITUARIES for Arthur & his father George
Brisbane courier 9th april, 1920
HUSSEY-In loving memory of Private A. D.Hussey, 2nd Battalion, A.I.F. , killed in action, Hermes, France, 9/4/17 Inserted by his step-mother.
Brisbane courier 19th may 1917
He gave all a man could give
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HUSSEY- Killed in action, in France, on 9th
April, 1917, Private Arthur Dudley Hussey
"Life's highest mission they fulfilled.
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Roll of honour - Arthurs father George Forbes HUSSEY also died in ww1
HUSSEY.- George Forbes, Private. A.M.C.,
A.I.F., died France. 21st April, 1917; also Arthur Dudley, son of above, late 2nd Battallion, killed in action, Hermies, 9th April1917.
HUSSEY-Died on 21st April, 1917, at the 2nd
Stationary Hospital, France, Private George Forbes Hussey, A.I.F.
Submitted 29 April 2015 by Elizabeth Allen
Biography
Arthur Dudley HUSSEY was born on 5th January 1890 in Brisbane, Queensland
His parents were George Forbes HUSSEY and Kathleen KILLEEN
He enlisted on 8th September 1914 with the 2nd Battalion
Unit embarked from Sydney on HMAT Suffolk on 18th October, 1914
He had previously served in the Australia Navy
Arthur was Killed in Action in Hermies, France on 9th April, 1917
Buried Hermies Hill British Cemetery, Plot 1, Row H, Grave 18
Arthurs father George Forbes HUSSEY also died in WW1 on 29th March 1916 (SN 13791
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