Eric Launcelot Hudson is probably the serviceman on the left.

Service Number: 3398 Rank: Staff Sergeant Enlistment Unit: 6th Field Ambulance Dental Corp Transferred Unit: Army Dental Corps, 11th Australian Field Ambulance Date of Enlistment: 7 February 1915 Enlistment Age: 25 years Fate of person: Returned to Australia

Biographical Details

The youngest of the three Hudson brothers listed on our war memorial, Lance enlisted in Melbourne in the 6th Field Ambulance Dental Corps. He left Melbourne on the Ajax in June 1915 and worked in the field throughout the war. After his return to Tasmania in 1919, Lance worked for the school dental service and set up his own practice in Charles Street in 1931. He died in Launceston in 1969.

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