HENDERSON, Thomas Kay
| Other Name: | Henderson, Thomas King - Boer War Nominal Roll - incorrect |
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| Service Numbers: | 50, 554, N271345 |
| Enlisted: | 29 May 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Infantry Training Battalions |
| Born: | Strathalbyn, South Australia , 13 April 1885 |
| Home Town: | McMahons Point, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Traveller |
| Died: | Concord, New South Wales, Australia , 14 December 1949, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, Ryde, New South Wales PRESBYTERIAN MONUMENTAL, J3, Grave 0004 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 50, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 50, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 9 Dec 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 50, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 1 p. 79, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Damascus arriving Brisbane 2 Dec 1901, discharged 9 Dec 1901. |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Sergeant, 554, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Sergeant, 554, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
World War 2 Service
| 29 May 1941: | Involvement Lance Sergeant, N271345 | |
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| 29 May 1941: | Enlisted Paddington, NSW | |
| 29 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, N271345, Infantry Training Battalions | |
| 6 Jul 1944: | Discharged | |
| 6 Jul 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, N271345, Infantry Training Battalions |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
He served in The South African (Boer) War, WW1 and WW2 (Home Service). First service was as a Private S.N. 50, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Second service was as a Sergeant S.N. 554, 15th Infantry Battalion, AIF, WW1. Third service was as a Lance Sergeant S.N. N271345, Infantry Training Battalion, AIF, WW2.
When he enlisted in 1901 in the 5th Qld Imperial Bushmen Contingent, he was recorded under the incorrect name of Thomas King Henderson in the original nominal roll and subsequently on Murray's compilation of all state rolls.
When he enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details (under Thomas King Henderson) were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his father James Faulds Henderson, George St, Rockhampton. However, in the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 1 p. 79, he is recorded under the correct name of Thomas Kay Henderson, and it is noted he directed part of his pay to his father Rev. J. Faulds Henderson, G.P.O. Sydney.
His father, Rev. James Faulds Henderson was a Presbyterian Minister at the John Knox Presbyterian Church in Rockhampton in 1899 when Thomas originally volunteered but had relocated to NSW prior to Thomas embarking in 1901.
On his WW1 and WW2 Attestation Papers he noted; he was born at Strathalbyn (on 13 Apr 1885- WW2 record); his N.O.K. was his wife Margaret Annie Maud Henderson; and he had previously served in the 5th QIB, Boer war (on his WW1 records), and 15th Infantry Battalion WW1 (on his WW2 records). It appears he may have attempted to lower his age on his WW2 enlistment as BDM records in South Australia indicate his birth year to be 1883.
Thomas Kay Henderson was born in 1883 at Strathalbyn, South Australia, the youngest son of Rev. James Faulds Henderson and Anne Browne Henderson (nee Ireland). He married Margaret Annie Maud Carroll in 1906 at Cowra, NSW.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 494; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 2; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 1 p. 79; National Archives Australia- WW1 and WW2 service records).
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