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HENDER, William Turner
| Service Number: | 5272 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 10th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Circumstances of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Grand Masonic Lodge WW1 Honour Board (1), Mount Barker Soldiers' Memorial Hospital Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 5272, 1st Australian Convalescent Depot, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
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| 17 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 5272, 1st Australian Convalescent Depot, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Sergeant, 5272, 10th Field Ambulance |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cornerstone College
HENDER, William Turner was an Australian who served in World War 1. He was born on the 18th of May 1883 in the Mount Barker Hospital. William grew up in the small town of Wistow in the Adelaide Hills. His religion was Methodist.
Before he joined the Australian Army, he was a shopkeeper. On the 17th of May in 1915 William decided that he wanted to enlist in the army. At this time, he was 31 years and 11 months old. The place of enlistment was in Adelaide. He was 5ft 10inch or approx. 180cm and had perfect vision in both eyes. He had a fresh compl;exion with brown hari and brown eyes. He was assigned to the 10th Field Ambulance. The 10th Field Ambulance was a group of men who were trained to aid to injuries that happened to the 10th battalion. They would attend too excessive bleeding, gangrene, trench foot, fractures and more. They also made splints for broken or fractured bones. On the 17th of July 1916 the 10th Field Ambulance left Melbourne, Australia. The 10th Field Ambulance was stationed in Pont d’Alchelles, this is in France. His service number was 5272. Whilst in the 10th Field Ambulance he was up ranked to a Sargeant.
William had many problems whilst serving in the 10th Field Ambulance, and the Australian armed forces. Records show that he was in and out of hospital about 4 or 5 times because of unknown sickness, tonsilitis and the flu.
William was repatriated back to Australia after the war ended, arriving on Australian soil 20/5/1919. He was later delisted from the Army 19/7/1919. After the war William Turner was awarded medals, these were a Victory medal and a British war medal.Almost 50 years later a request was submitted. The request was anonymous and was asking for documents and records from when William was in the war. On the 10th of January 1973, William Turner Hender passed away at age 89. He is now buried at Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia.
In loving memory of William Turner Hender of the 10th Field Ambulance, service number 5272.
Lest We Forget.