Peter HENDERSON

HENDERSON, Peter

    Service Number: 491
    Enlisted: 28 August 1914, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 9th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Albury, New South Wales, Australia, 1883
    Home Town: Albury, Albury Municipality, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Horse Driver
    Died: Killed in Action, Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave Panel 31, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beechworth War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    28 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 491, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
    24 Sep 1914: Involvement Private, 491, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: ''
    24 Sep 1914: Embarked Private, 491, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Address ath the time of enlistment was 94 Excelsior Street, Leichhardt, NSW

    Son of George Glen Henderson of Beechworth, Victoria. Brother of Jane Leschke nee Henderson of 431 Hovell Street, Albury, NSW and Joseph Glen Henderson who was supposed to have moved to Tumberumba, NSW but was never heard of again. Joseph returned to Australia on 21 March 1919 having served with the 17th Battalion

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal issued to Jane Leschke

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