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Thomas Walter HUDSWELL

Regimental number877
Place of birthSouth Melbourne, Victoria
Place of birthNorth Melbourne
SchoolState School, Errol Street, North Melbourne, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFactory hand
Address23 Buncle Street, North Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Minnie Hudswell, 23 Buncle Street, North Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Cadets.
Enlistment date4 February 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll26 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 9 October 1917
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Given name Walter Thomas
Age at death21.11
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialPasschendaele New British Cemetery (Plot XIV, Row B, Grave No. 29), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
94
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Arthur and Mary HUDSWELL, 41 Moreland Road, West Brunswick, Victoria
Family/military connectionsCousins: 915 Pte William Rainald RANKINS, 32nd Bn, returned to Australia, 13 April 1919; 490 Corporal Ernest Earl HUDSWELL, 21st Bn, killed in action, 25 February 1917Cousin: Ernest Hawkins, killed in action Brother-in-law: Eugene Daly Mehegan, died of illness~

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