Regimental number | 3137 |
Place of birth | Sydney, New South Wales |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | 2 Denman Avenue, Haberfield, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Height | 5' 6.5" |
Weight | 116 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs S Henderson, 2 Denman Avenue, Haberfield, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Sydney, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 20th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/37/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | 3137A |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 56th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: James and Sarah HENDERSON |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Taken on strength, 56th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 16 February 1916. Admitted to 14th Field Ambulance, Ferry Post, 8 April 1916 (pyrexia, unknown origin), and transferred same day to 15th Field Ambulance; rejoined Bn, 14 April 1916. Letter 'A' attached to Regimental No owing to duplication, 29 June 1917. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Admitted to 14th Field Ambulance, 10 August 1916; discharged to duty, 11 August 1916 (no further details recorded). Wounded in action, and admitted to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 11 August 1916 (gun shot wound, left knee); transferred to 32nd Stationary Hospital, Wimereux, 13 August 1916; to England, 18 August 1916, and admitted to Bradford War Hospital, 19 August 1916 (wound: slight); discharged to Command Depot, Perham Downs, 8 September 1916. Marched in to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth (date not recorded); marched in to No 4 Command Depot, Wareham, from Weymouth, 10 January 1917. Found guilty, 28 April 1917, of being absent without leave from 9 am, 25 April, to 9 am, 28 April 1917: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 2, and forfeiture of a total of 10 days' pay. Transferred to 63rd Bn, 1 May 1917. Promoted Corporal, 13 June 1917. Transferred to 56th Bn, 19 September 1917. Appointed Lance Sergeant, 11 September 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 14 October 1917; taken on strength, 56th Bn, in the field, 26 October 1917. Admitted to 24th General Hospital, Etaples, 28 January 1918 (not yet diagnosed); transferred to England, 25 February 1918 (trench fever), and admitted to Red Cross Hospital, Christchurch, affiliated with Alexandra Hospital, Cosham, 26 February 1918 (trench fever: slight); to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 28 March 1918; discharged on furlough, 2 April 1918, to report to No 4 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 16 April 1918. Promoted Temporary Company Sergeant Major, 27 May 1918, and taken on strength of Permanent Cadre of No 4 command Depot. Marched in to Overseas Training Brigade, Longbridge Deverill, 14 June 1918, and reverted to Temporary Sergeant. Re-transferred to 56th Bn, 14 June 1918. Proceeded overseas to France, 10 July 1918; rejoined 56th Bn, in the field, 17 July 1918. Wounded in action (second occasion), 23 August 1918 (shrapnel wound, face), and admitted to 1st Australian Field Ambulance, and discharged same day. Wounded in action (third occasion), 1 October 1918 (shrapnel wound, leg), and admitted to 132nd Field Ambulance, and reverted to Lance Sergeant; transferred to 53rd Casualty Clearing Station, and then to Ambulance Train No 42, 1 October 1918; to 6th General Hospital, Rouen, 2 October 1918; to England, 4 October 1918, and admitted to 2nd Western General Hospital, Manchester; transferred to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 13 November 1918; discharged on furlough, 15 November 1918, to report to No 4 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 29 November 1918. Marched out to 1st Training Brigade Depot, 5 February 1919. Admitted to 1st Australian General Hospital, Sutton Veny, 20 February 1919 (influenza); discharged to duty, 2 March 1919. Granted leave without pay, 21 March-20 June 1919; reason: family; extension granted (without pay), 21 June-4 July 1919; reason - return to Australia at own expense via America; returned on SS 'Venture'; disembarked Sydney, 1 July 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Sydney, 23 August 1919. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal Wife wrote to Base Records, 26 May 1929, on behalf of her husband, to claim his war medals: 'The cause of this long delay is that my husband has been a pensioner for T.B. & consequently this matter was unattended to.' Note: no record of marriage on service file. |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 37 |
Place of burial | Waverly Cemetery (Section 16, Grave No. 447G), New South Wales |
Sources | NAA: B2455, HENDERSON Nelson John |