Profile

HENDERSON, George
(Service number 9/1687)

Aliases
First Rank Trooper Last Rank

Birth

Date 17/01/1883 Place of Birth Milburn

Enlistment Information

Date 15 Aug 1914-31 Dec 1915 Age
Address at Enlistment North Otago Hotel, Oamaru
Occupation Shepherd
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin John Henderson (father), Harpsdale, Hinds, South Canterbury
Religion Protestant
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation 8th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship Otago Mounted Rifles
Date 13 November 1915
Transport Willochra or Tofua
Embarked From Wellington Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns Egyptian, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, Western Europe
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 9 January 1965 Age
Place of Death Ashburton
Cause
Notices Internal Affairs Notification, Military personnel file
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Sources

Auckland War memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (January 2015)

External Links

Related Documents

No documents available. 

Researched and Written by

David Batchelor, South Canterbury Museum

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