Wallet 1 of 1 – Letters from Ernest Alfred Knight Hudson DSO to his wife and to his mother, 1915-1918

Hudson, Ernest Alfred Knight, DSO (Major, b.1872 - d.1918)

Places	Africa: Egypt Africa: Egypt, Cairo, Heliopolis Africa: Egypt, Frontier, Sinai, El Arish Area, El Arish Africa: North Africa, Western Desert, Western Desert (Egypt), Mersa Matruh Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Palestine Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Palestine, Jerusalem Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, Erskineville
Accession Number	AWM2020.22.47
Collection number	1DRL/0364
Collection type	Digitised Collection
Record type	Wallet
Item count	1
Object type	Letter
Physical description	32 Image/s captured
Maker	Ernest Alfred Knight
Place made	Egypt, Egypt: Frontier, Sinai, Romani Area, Romani, Ottoman Empire: Palestine, Ottoman Empire: Palestine, Jerusalem
Date made	1915-1918
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Source credit to	This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.

Description

Wallet 1 of 1 – Letters relating to the First World War service of Major Ernest Alfred Knight Hudson DSO, Headquarters, ANZAC Mounted Division.

Wallet includes letters written by Hudson to his wife May Davison Hudson and his mother Amelia Hudson in Australia. The letters contain detailed accounts of his military activities, including the Battle of Romani and the surrender of El Arish.

Folder also contains a permission slip to visit the Holy Shrines at Jerusalem and Bethlehem signed by the military governor of Jerusalem.