William Livingstone HENRY MM

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HENRY, William Livingstone

Service Number:	1238
Enlisted:	15 May 1915, Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Company Sergeant Major
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Blairgowrie, Scotland, 1892
Home Town:	Deloraine, Meander Valley, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Shop assistant
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 October 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Deloraine War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

15 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1238, Claremont, Tasmania
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1238, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1238, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane
1 Apr 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 26th Infantry Battalion
14 Sep 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 26th Infantry Battalion
30 Jan 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 26th Infantry Battalion
3 Oct 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 1238, 26th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1238 awm_unit: 26th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Company Sergeant Major awm_died_date: 1918-10-03
10 Oct 1919:	Honoured Military Medal, 'During the attack east of MONT ST. QUENTIN near PERONNE, on 2nd September 1918, this N.C.O's Company was advancing under a very heavy artillery and machine gun fire, and casualties were very severe. All the Company Officers had been killed or wounded. C.S.M. HENRY, although also wounded, led the Company with great determination and skill, and succeeded after fierce fighting, in gaining the objective.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 115 Date: 10 October 1919

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Biography contributed by Paul Trevor

The two enlisted children of Christine Henry of Deloraine, Tasmania:-

4731 Cpl. Christopher David McHardil Henry (/explore/people/76114) - returned to Australia;

1238 CSM William Livingstone Henry - killed in action.

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