Major Ernest Alfred Knight

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Photograph B01552
Ranks Held Captain, Major
Birth Date 1872-10-27
Birth Place Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Erskineville
Death Date 1918-10-27
Death Place Ottoman Empire: Palestine, Jerusalem
Final Rank Major
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • Brigade Headquarters
  • Headquarters 1st Light Horse Brigade Seconded From 1st Light Horse Regiment
  • Headquarters 1st Light Horse Brigade 1st Light Horse Regiment
  • Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division
  • 1st Australian Light Horse Brigade
  • 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment
  • 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Places
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1918-01-12
Published in London Gazette in 1916-12-01
Published in London Gazette in 1918-04-11
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-08-30
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-04-19
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-05-23

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    The 1st Australian Light Horse Brigade halted in the desert for lunch. The Brigade Headquarter's ...

    The 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment halted on the sands above the beach. Major Hudson DSO, ...

    Major Hudson, of the 1st Australian Light Horse Brigade, and his horse, Tango, trudging across ...

    Portrait of Major (Maj) E A K Hudson, of the 1st Australian Light Horse Brigade and his horse ...

    Portrait of Major (Maj) E A K Hudson, of the 1st Australian Light Horse Brigade and his horse ...

    The Headquarters' Staff of the 1st Australian Light Horse Brigade. From left to right: Major E A ...

    Mount of Olives, Jerusalem. c. 1918. War graves which included the grave of Major E.A. Hudson DSO ...

    Document


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

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

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Date of enlistment 06 September 1915
Date of embarkation 04 October 1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 27 December 1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 20 January 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 17 June 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 18 June 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 14 September 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 09 November 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 29 January 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 31 January 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 15 April 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 16 June 1918
Date of death 27 October 1918
Date of fate 27 October 1918

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