HUDSON, Albert Ernest
| Service Number: | 423 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 423 | |
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| 29 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 423, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p 200, notes he was sworn in at sea aboard Victoria 29 Apr 1901. | |
| 24 Jan 1902: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p 200, notes promoted to Corporal 24 Jan 1902. | |
| 14 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 423, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p 200, notes discharged in South Africa 14 May 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
There are discrepancies in the recording of his name noting it appears he was not sworn in at the same time as the majority of the rank and file of the 6th QIB. AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 517, records him as Albert Ernest Hudson whereas the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 200, records him as Ernest Albert Hudson.
He does not appear on either the original nominal roll for the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, or the list of rank and file that embarked with the 6th QIB published in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901. The Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 200, notes he was sworn in on board the Victoria enroute to South Africa on 29 Apr 1901, just a few days prior to the 6th QIB disembarking at Cape Town on 2 May 1901.
This suggests he boarded at a port of call on the way to South Africa, or was a civilian/member of crew aboard Victoria, and he decided to enlist enroute. The Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB indicate that he was discharged in South Africa on 14 May 1902, and that his address post discharge was Hull, England, suggesting he may have been originally from England and returned there after his war service.
(AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 517; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 200).