Thomas Henry HUDSON

Regimental number10/727
Date of birth29 July 1894
Place of birthCeylon
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCivil servant
AddressNew Plymouth
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 10"
Weight159 lbs
Next of kinFather, R P Hudson, Motueka, Nelson
Previous military service'A' Company, 11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles)
Enlistment date12 August 1914
Place of enlistmentNew Plymouth
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankCorporal
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateDied of disease 18 May 1916
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialWalton and Weybridge Cemetery (Screen Wall. 913), Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England
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Parents: Richard Phineas Hudson and Ellen Phyllis Hudson, Marlow, Motueka, Nelson
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1914; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 3 December 1914.

Embarked Alexandria with unit to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 12 April 1915.

Admitted to No.4 Field Ambulance, Gallipoli, 15 May 1915 (influenza); transferred to HS 'Soudan', 20 May 1915 (measles); to Intarfa Hospital, Malta, 24 May 1915 (German measles).

Disembarked Alexandria, 27 June 1915.

Proceeded overseas to the Dardanelles, 28 July 1915.

Admitted to No.16 Casualty Clearing Station, Mudros, 20 August 1915, and transferred to HS 'Duchess of Connaught' the same day (enteritis); to Canadian Red Cross Hospital, Taplow, England, 1 September 1915; discharged to furlough, 6 December 1915; marched into NZ Base Depot, Grey Towers, 21 January 1916.

Admitted to No.2 NZ General Hospital, Walton on Thames, 11 May 1916.

Died, No.2 NZ General Hospital, Walton on Thames, 18 May 1916 (pneumonia and heart failure).

Total war service: 1 year 281 days (of which 1 year 239 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 18050554