Erle HENDERSON

HENDERSON, Erle

Service Number: 6580
Enlisted: 27 October 1916
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 25th Infantry Battalion
Born: Camp Station, near Casino, NSW, 1894
Home Town: Coraki, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling: Southport High School Qld.
Occupation: Grazier
Died: Killed in Action, Zonnebeke, Belgium, 4 October 1917
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bundock's Crossing Presbyterian Church HR, Casino and District Memorial Hospital WW1 Roll of Honour, Coraki St. John's Uniting Church Memorial Plaque, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)
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World War 1 Service

27 Oct 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6580, 25th Infantry Battalion
7 Feb 1917: Involvement Private, 6580, 25th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
7 Feb 1917: Embarked Private, 6580, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
4 Oct 1917: Involvement Lance Corporal, 6580, 25th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6580 awm_unit: 25 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-04

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Cunningham and Marion HENDERSON, 'Mynumi', Coraki, New South Wales

The other tablet is in memory of Corpl. Erle Henderson, who was killed in action at Passchendale. He also assisted in the Sunday School, and for many months acted as organist in the church. He was a brilliant scholar and a lad of great promise.