Cymbeline Alonso Edric HUDDART CSC

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HUDDART, Cymbeline Alonso Edric

Service Number:	N/A
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Midshipman
Last Unit:	Unspecified Royal Navy Ships
Born:	Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, 6 January 1881
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Permanent Royal Navy
Died:	Killed In Action, Enslin, South Africa, 25 November 1899, aged 18 years
Cemetery:	West End Cemetery. Northern Cape, South Africa.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll, Melbourne St. Paul's Anglican Cathedral HUDDART Memorial Plaque

Boer War Service

25 Nov 1899:	Involvement British Forces (All Conflicts), Midshipman , N/A, Unspecified Royal Navy Ships, Lord Methuen's Naval Brigade - HMS Doris

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MIDSHIPMAN HUDDART, THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN KILLED

He was on the cruiser Doris, and went up to join Lord Methuen's Naval Brigade, with which he was killed in action

Commemorated on HMS Doris Memorial - Devon, EnglandThe HMS Doris Memorial (www.devonheritage.org)

Commemorated at the entrance to the Resurrection Chapel.
St Mary Abbots Church
Kensington Church Street
Kensington
Kensington And Chelsea
Greater London
W8 4LA
England

St. Mary Abbots Church, Kensington, Greater London (www.iwm.org.uk)

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War Memorial
Australia

HUDDART, Cymbeline Alonso Edric

Boer War Service

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

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