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Rupert Howard HENDERSON

ReligionChurch of England
OccupationEstate agent
AddressHarcourt Street, Hawthorn, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinG Henderson, Harcourt Street, Hawthorn, Victoria
Enlistment date25 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentCaptain
Unit name7th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 19 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollCaptain
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and gazetted, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 29251 (5 August 1915); 'Commonwealth Gazette', No. 133 (28 October 1915).

FateKilled in Action 08-12 May 1915
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialRedoubt Cemetery (Special Memorial A.70), Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
50
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Jessie HENDERSON, 89 Harcourt Street, Hawthorn, Victoria
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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