Albert HUDSON

HUDSON, Albert

Service Numbers: 355, 51607
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
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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
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

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Biography 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

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