HENDERSON, William John Scobie
(Service number 47141)
| First Rank | Rifleman | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 21/01/1895 | Place of Birth | Orrai |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Orrai | ||
| Occupation | Clerk | ||
| Previous Military Experience | 8th South Canterbury Mounted Rifles - serving | ||
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| Next of Kin | John HENDERSON (father), Orari, Canterbury | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Reinforcements, J Company | ||
| Date | 16 July 1917 | ||
| Transport | Athenic | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Liverpool, Merseyside, England | |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 5 March 1969 | Age | 74 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Salisbury Park Crematorium | ||
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Biographical Notes
William John Scobie Henderson was born on 21 January 1895 at Orari, the oldest son of John and Annabella (née McLeod) Henderson. He was called up in 1916. Draft 211 - the troopship “Briton” - with over a thousand men aboard including Private J. W. S. Henderson, of Orari, was due at Lyttelton in late January 1919. Private J. W. S. Henderson and three comrades were welcomed home at Orari by the Patriotic Society in February 1919. John Henderson married Myra Ellen (Helen) Austin in 1926.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [06 September 2020]; Sailsbury Park Crematorium headstone image & record [08 September 2020]; Temuka Leader, 25 January 1919, 13 February 1919 (Papers Past) [22 August 2020; 08 September 2020]
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