HENDERSON, Sydney Gordon
| Service Number: | 932 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 September 1914, Enlisted at Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 12 January 1886 |
| Home Town: | North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Fort Street School, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Occupation: | Traveller |
| Died: | Illness - Enteric Fever, At sea (HS Aquitania), 21 September 1915, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Buried at sea |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Petersham Fort Street High School Great War Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 932, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Corporal, 932, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Corporal, 932, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 26 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 932, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gunshot wound to the shoulder |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of Henrietta Henderson of 53 Edward Street, North Sydney, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed
Mrs. James Henderson, of Edward-street, North Sydney, has received word that her son, Corporal Sydney Gordon Henderson, had died of enteric on September 21. Corporal Henderson enlisted at the first call for volunteers, and saw considerable service, being incapacitated twice, only to return to the firing line as soon as he was able to do so. A month before his death he sent home a bullet which had been extracted from a wound he had received, telling his mother to keep it as a memento “ until Icome home.” He was an old Fort Street schoolboy, and a well-known Rugby Union footballer having represented the North Sydney Club as full-back, His brother, Mr. J. R. Henderson, is the chairman of the Rugby Union Council. Corporal Henderson was a nephew of Captain William Henderson, of Turner and Henderson Ltd.
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