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HUDSON, Albert
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 355, 51607 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 June 1915, Enlisted Melbourne allocated 2nd reinforcement’s RANBT as Able Seaman Driver |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 39th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Napier, New Zealand, 30 July 1894 |
| Home Town: | South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | South Melbourne State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Memorials: | South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 Jun 1915: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman Driver, 355, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, Enlisted Melbourne allocated 2nd reinforcement’s RANBT as Able Seaman Driver | |
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| 16 Jul 1915: | Involvement 355, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jul 1915: | Embarked 355, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne | |
| 28 Aug 1915: | Transferred Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman Driver, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, Taken on strength of Unit at Suvla Gallipoli in the field from SS Nile on departing Egypt on 17 August 1915 | |
| 28 Aug 1915: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman Driver, 355, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 13 Feb 1916: | Transferred Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman Driver, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, Unit transferred to Suez Canal Bridging and Pontoon operations 1916 | |
| 29 May 1917: | Embarked Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman Driver, 355, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, RTA 3MD Melbourne Unit disbandment on HT Bulla ex Suez | |
| 22 Jul 1917: | Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman Driver, 355, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, Discharged 3MD Melbourne due to Unit disbandment. | |
| 13 Aug 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 51607, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, Re-enlisted Melbourne from RANBT to 3rd General Service Reinforcement’s Victoria at Broadmeadows Camp 12 April 1918 | |
| 5 Jun 1918: | Embarked Private, 51607, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, RMS Orontes, Sydney | |
| 5 Jun 1918: | Involvement Private, 51607, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 12 Aug 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 39th Infantry Battalion, Allocated to reinforce 39th Battalion from 9th Training Battalion UK | |
| 15 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 51607, 39th Infantry Battalion, Discharged 3MD Melbourne medically unfit Malaria debility |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Pam Hamilton
1st Period of Service: Served as 355 Able Seaman Driver RANBT original file administered with Department of the Navy.
Discharged 1917/ break in service and re-enlisted late 1917 reallocated to reinforcement's early 1918
Second Period of Service: Served as 51607 Private AIF 3rd General Service Reinforcement's Victoria file administered by Department of the Army.
1914-15 Star issued by Department of the Navy
Service Gallipoli Egypt and Defence of Suez
War Medal and Victory Medal issued by the Department of the Army
England France 1918-1919