Athol HUDSON

Regimental number24/1547
SchoolWaitaki Boys' High School
Other trainingVictoria College, Wellington; Rhodes Scholar
OccupationStudent
Next of kinMother, Mrs B Hudson, The Port, Nelson
Rank on embarkationLieutenant
Unit nameNew Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1915, 3rd Reinforcements of 2nd Battalion, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tahiti on 8 January 1916
Final rank2nd Lieutenant
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 14 July 1916
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialRation Farm Military Cemetery (Plot VI, Row I, Grave No 20), La Chapelle-d'Armentieres, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Dr James and Beatrix Hudson, Hartmoor Tapawera, Nelson
Other details

War service: Samoa, Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 15, p. 6

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