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HENSON, Charles
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 79, 3161 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 July 1915, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Grafton, NSW, 1 January 1893 |
| Home Town: | Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 30 September 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Leichhardt War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Driver, 79, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Driver, 79, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney | |
| 26 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3161, 4th Infantry Battalion, Sydney, NSW | |
| 8 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3161, 4th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3161, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Sydney | |
| 30 Sep 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 3161, 56th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3161 awm_unit: 56th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-09-30 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Emma HENSON, 361 Parramatta Road, Leichhardt, Sydney, NSW
Corporal Henson was killed in action, being struck by a bomb from an aeroplane.
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