It is with deep regret that we inform you of the crossing of the bar by Past National President Admiral Mike Hudson AC RAN Rtd. 

He passed away on Sunday morning, 27th February, 2005 at the Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW.

A funeral service with full Naval Honours befitting an Admiral was held in the Garden Island Chapel, Sydney at 1130 on Friday 4 March 2005.  The service was conducted by the Anglican Bishop to the Australian Defence Force The Right Reverend Tom Frame. 

The funeral service programme, Chief of Navy's All Ship - All Shore signalled message and eulogies may be accessed by clicking the links below.

They have no grave but the cruel sea

No flowers lay at their head

A rusting hulk is their tombstone

afast on the Ocean bed

We will remember our Shipmate Mike Hudson

"Lest We Forget"