HENSHAW, Melville John Stanley
| Service Number: | 3399 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 May 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia, 22 November 1891 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 28 May 1974, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 22 May 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3399, 60th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Jul 1917: | Involvement Private, 3399, 60th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jul 1917: | Embarked Private, 3399, 60th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Sydney | |
| 2 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3399, 60th Infantry Battalion, France: GSW - invalided to UK | |
| 23 Oct 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Apr 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3399, 59th Infantry Battalion, ex England per HT Shropshire | |
| 15 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3399, 59th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Melville John Stanley Henshaw (Service No:3399) initially enlisted in the AIF in May 1915 and was rejected as medically unfit. On 22 May 1917 he enlisted as a Private attached to 60 Infantry Battalion and embarked from Sydney on board HMAT Port Melbourne A16 on 16 July 1917. Private Henshaw was WiA in France (GSW) in 1918 and invalided to England where he transferred to 59 Infantry Battalion. Embarking from England on board HT Shropshire, Private Henshaw was Discharged on 15 June 1919. Brothers Clifford and Ralph were both KiA in WWI.
Born in 1891 in Zeehan Tasmania, Melville was the eldest of six children of John Henshaw (b1863 in New Norfolk, Tasmanai) and Elizabeth Mary Woodward (b1865 in Port Cygnet, TAsmania). John (a Labourer) and Elizabeth married in 1890 in Hobart, Tasmania and settled in Zeehan where they raised their family.
Melville was a Labourer in Melbourne when he enlisted in the AIF and had served with the Rifle Club Reserves and Cadets. In 1920 Melville was a Conductor when he married Ruby Tucker (b1895 in Emu Bay, Tasmania). Melville and Ruby settled in Melbourne where they raised their family and Melville worked as a Conductor. Melville died in 1974 and Ruby in 1976.
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