Branch of Service

Army

Conflict

World War I (1914-1918)

Date of Enlistment

30/03/1916

Date of Discharge

04/04/1919

Place of Enlistment

Randwick NSW

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Cowl Cowl Station, NSW

Address (at enlistment)

Jeir Station, Jeir NSW (previously Duntroon ACT)

Occupation

Chemist

Next of Kin

Ernest Hudson (father), Jeir NSW

Service Number

371

Final Rank

Sergeant

Final Unit

23 Machine Gun Company AIF

Les Hudson was born at Cowl Cowl Station near Hillston, NSW and was the younger brother of Eric Hudson. Their father was station manager at 'Duntroon' from 1903 to 1912. He enlisted on 30 March 1916 at Randwick giving his occupation as "analytical chemist". He embarked in Melbourne in October 1916 with the 9th Machine Gun Company along with his brother Eric. After transshipping in Sierra Leone they arrived in England just after Christmas 1916. He served with the 23rd Machine Gun Company with the rank of Sergeant in France from September 1917. He was reprimanded in June 1917 for failing "to wear fatigues after being warned to do so by the Orderly Sergeant". In July 1918 Hudson was invalided to the UK and admitted to hospital in Aldershot with appendicitis. He returned to Australia in December 1918 and was discharged on 4 April 1919. Les Hudson died on 7 February 1971 in Sydney.

Description - height 5 feet 8 inches, weight 160 pounds, chest 33-36½ inches, fresh complexion, blue eyes, dark brown hair, Church of England.

Queanbeyan Age - 4 April 1916, 30 August 1918
Sydney Morning Herald - 8 February 1971
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)