HENRY, Joseph William Ernest
| Service Number: | 3212 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 January 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 41st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 6 April 1881 |
| Home Town: | Nundah, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Central Boys State School, Gatton Agricultural College. Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Mont St. Quentin, France, 1 September 1918, aged 37 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 41st Battalion Roll of Honour, Gatton Agricultural College HR, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3212, 41st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 7 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 3212, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 3212, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Joseph and Maria HENRY, "Nithsdale", Dorkin Street, Nundah, Queensland
Mrs. J. Wilson Henry, Nithsdale, Nundah, widow of the late Rev. J. Wilson, for many years Anglican clergyman in Queensland, and latterly rector of Sandgate, has received the particulars of the death in action of her younger son, Pte J. W. E. Henry, 4lst Battalion, in the engagement on the Somme on Septem ber 1 last. The late soldier's comrades, his officer commanding, and the chaplain, in conveying their sympathy, say he was a general favourite in the battalion. The action was an advance by the Australians, and he was attached to a Lewis gun team ascending a ridge, when a shell exploded behind, and part of it hit him in the back, causing instant death. Pte. Henry was attached to the Railway Engineer's Department when he enlisted in 1916, and after a series of five battles from September 20 to October 12, 1917, at Passchendaele, was severely, wounded on the latter date. After treatment and recovery in England he rejoined the unit early in 1918. Like many of the Australian heroes, he was a good athlete, and in special demand in sailing and football. His widowed mother, who resides at Nithsdale, Nundah, devotes her time to gardening, the expensive products of which are wholly given to the soldiers.
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