Education
Royal Air Force College Cranwell.
Royal Air Force College Cranwell.
Born in Kalgoorlie and educated at Guilford School in Western Australia, Hudleston joined the Royal Air Force in 1927. He served as an armament officer in India before attending the Royal Air Force Staff College, Andover in 1938. During World World War II he served in various senior staff officer positions at Royal Air Force Middle East Command and Desert Air Force before being appointed Air Officer Commanding Number.
84 Group in 1944.
He was made Air Officer Commanding Number. 3 Group in 1953 and then became an instructor at the Imperial Defence College in 1956 before being appointed Chief of Staff (Air) for Operation Musketeer, the operation to recover the Suez Canal. He went on to be Vice-Chief of the Air Staff in 1957, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Royal Air Force Transport Command in 1962 and Commander of Allied Air Forces Central Europe in 1963.
He is last appointment was as Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces Central Europe in 1964 before retiring in 1967.
In retirement he became a Director at the Optical Division of Pilkington Brothers.