Regimental number | 2201 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Dunedin, New Zealand |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Station hand |
Address | Upper Liveringa Station, Derby, Western Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Height | 5' 5" |
Weight | 143 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Donald Henderson, Mornington, Dunedin, New Zealand |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Derby, Western Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 12th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/29/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A30 Borda on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 12th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Son of Donald and Elizabeth (nee Locke) Henderson. Was wounded in the knee at Gallipoli, and later in life a mental disorder developed due to his experiences while on active service. |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Taken on strength, 12th Bn, Gallipoli, 6 August 1915. Admitted to No 1 Australian Field Ambulance, 24 August 1915 (diarrhoea), and transferred to No 1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station; to Mudros, 25 August 1915, and admitted to No 1 Australian Stationary Hospital (dysentery); transferred to Base, 15 September 1915; to England, 18 September 1915, and admitted to King George Hospital, Stamford Street, London, 26 September 1915. Found to be unfit for further service; embarked London, 25 November 1915; disembarked Alexandria, 8 December 1915. Admitted to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis, 10 December 1915 (paralysis of legs). Commenced retuern to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Ulysses', 3 January 1916; discharged (medically unfit), Sydney, 4 September 1916. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 42 |
Sources | NAA: B2455, HENDERSON Hugh Jenner |