Hi again I noticed that he was enumerated as Eric HUDSON in 1911, Thomas E in 1901 With that in mind I checked for both and in combination In the medal cards there are 8 Erics, but only one as plain Eric, the others are in combination with other names, the one is with the Royal Engineers and was an Officer (could yours have been an officer?) Searching for Thomas in the medal cards there are 202, no Thomas Eric, and 9 Thomas E HUDSONs Unfortunately medal cards rarely give any further identifiers to help to know which might be yours I see there is a passenger list in 1920 for a Thomas Eric HUDSON of the right age travelling to Australia, he is a student I cannot find any obvious trace of a service record but as I said previously only a third survived I can understand a man not talking about his war service, many didn't but why not his family? If you know his address in 1918/19 you might try that area for an absent voters list, if he is listed it would record his regiment, rank and service number, but you do need an address and not all these lists survive but it may be worthwhile trying I don't suppose you have a photo in uniform? Unfortunately there are many variables regarding the regiment he may have served in, if before 1916 he may have some sort of choice of the regt, if 1916 on he would be put where they wanted to put him Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 16/05/2014 10:24, Sue & Evan Thomas wrote: > Thanks so much for your help so far - other details which may be > helpful: > >> From his birth certificate - born 4 August 1892. Father Charles >> George HUDSON, mother Emmeline HUDSON (nee RICKUS). Address at >> birth - 47 Albert Road, Handsworth, West Bromwich. > > Don't know anything about his war service because he always refused > to talk about the war or his family. > > He emmigrated to NZ in 1923. > > Any help gratefully received. Unfortunately we are not subscribed to > Ancestory.com > > > > > Kind regards Sue & Evan Thomas