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HENSON, George Lyonel
Personal Details
Service Number: | 4823 |
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Enlisted: | 17 July 1915, Bendigo, Vic. |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 57th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1896 |
Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
Schooling: | Gravel Hill School, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Coach builder |
Died: | Died of wounds, France, 28 September 1918 |
Cemetery: |
Doingt Communal Cemetery Extension Plot III, Row B, Grave No. 3 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
17 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 4823, 6th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic. | |
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7 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, SN 4823, 6th Infantry Battalion | |
7 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, SN 4823, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
19 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion, Egypt | |
3 Jul 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 58th Infantry Battalion, France | |
29 Aug 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 57th Infantry Battalion, France | |
8 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, SN 4823, 57th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second) | |
4 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, SN 4823, 57th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux | |
25 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, SN 4823, 57th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux | |
4 Jul 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, SN 4823, 57th Infantry Battalion, Le Hamel - Blueprint for Victory | |
2 Sep 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, SN 4823, 57th Infantry Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne | |
28 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, SN 4823, 57th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, Multiple GSW. Evacuated to 55th CCS at Doingt, where he died of his wounds later the same day. | |
28 Sep 1918: | Involvement Sergeant, SN 4823, 57th Infantry Battalion |
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