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War Memorial
Australia

Hendrik Enthoven was born in the 1890s in a small town in Holland called Eindhoven. His mother’s name was Petronella Enthoven. Hendriks occupation before and after the war was  a driver. Hendrik was originally a member of the Royal Dutch Navy for 7 years before deserting them to join the Australian forces. All Hendricks external family resided in Eindhoven and Amsterdam. It was seen as courageous for men to join the war because they were risking their life for their country.
 
 Hendrik was enlisted in the Australian infantry on the 4th of December 1916. Hendrik’s unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 10 February 1917. Hendricks stayed with that unit for the rest of the time he spent in the army.
 
According to the newspaper article from Daily Herald on the 14 Aug 1917, Hendrik’s name appeared on the list of injured servicemen. On reviewing Hendrik’s war record, page 17-18 he was injured whilst working in Bulford Camp in July 1917.  He was moving stone between worksites and was riding on a motor lorry when the driver hit a stone causing the lorry to jolt.  Hendrik was thrown from the lorry to the ground where he injured his head and fractured his left tibia.  A court enquiry later found his injuries were sustained through no fault of his own.
 
During the war Hendrik suffered from gonorrhoea and was hospitalised from 27th Dec 1918 and finally discharged back to his unit on 3rd April 1919.
 
Hendrick returned from service on board the HT ‘Leicestershire’, the 3rd of May 1919. Hendrick discharged from the army in Adelaide on the 18th of July 1919. Throughout the entirety of WW1, Hendrik evidently fought proudly for both his countries risking his life by fighting on the front line to protect both the Netherlands and then Australia. 
 
 For Hendricks service in the Australian Navy, he was awarded 2 medals. These medals include the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.  His records showed that he was eligible for the 1914/15 Star medal which was awarded for service in specified areas of war between 5 August 1914 and 31 December 1915, before Hendriks time in the Australian Navy.
 
 After the war, Hendrick lived in Thevenard on the west coast of South Australia then moved to Norwood before settling in Port Adelaide. He continued his job as a driver working in the timber industry. He lived in Port Adelaide with his wife Ivy, who washed and ironed clothes for sailors from cargo ships that came into Port Adelaide. He resided there with his wife and children for the next 28 years. He eventually died in 1947 at the age of 57, from a heart attack whilst he was fishing on the Port River with his son Harry.