HENDERSON, Alfred
(Service number 2/1003A [also recorded as 11/1003])
| First Rank | Corporal | Last Rank | Corporal |
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Birth
| Date | 29 January 1884 | Place of Birth | Orari |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 15 Aug 1914-31 Dec 1915 | Age | |
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| Address at Enlistment | Church Hill, Waikato | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs. Ellen Henderson (mother), Orari, South Canterbury | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 3rd Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Wellington Mounted Rifles | ||
| Date | 14 February 1915 | ||
| Transport | HMNZT 17, 18, or 19; Maunganui, Tahiti, or Aparima | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | NZ Machine Gun Corp | ||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | Egyptian, Western Europe | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 4 Sept 1918 | Age | 32 |
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| Place of Death | Havrincourt, France | ||
| Cause | Killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Ruyaulcourt, Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine War Memorial; Geraldine War Memorial; Orari War Memorial | ||
Biographical Notes
Son of William (d 1903) and Helen Henderson, Orari. Brother of Samuel (1891-1909). Alfred's death is also recorded on his parents gravestone in Geraldine Cemetery.
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Researched and Written by
Liz Shea (SC branch NZSG); Dave Batchelor, South Canterbury Museum
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