John HUDSON

Regimental number1950
Place of birthNewcastle-on-Tyne, England
SchoolBoard School, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Addressc/o W Gleeson, 74 Bellevue Street, North Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation36
Next of kinFather, J Hudson,c/o W Gleeson, 74 Bellevue Street, North Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date14 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name18th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/35/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 9 August 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll18th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 9 October 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death38
Age at death from cemetery records38
Place of burialBedford House Cemetery Enclosure No.4 (Plot XIV, Row B, Grave No. 24), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
85
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Mary Hudson, Holyoake Street, Prudhoe-on-Tyne, Northumberland, England
Family/military connectionsBrother: James Hudson, No. 767, 17th Battalion