HENDERSON, David Alexander
| Service Number: | 29285 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 May 1916, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF |
| Born: | Cowra, NSW, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Bondi, Waverley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Cowra Superior Public School |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Memorials: | Cowra & District Great War Honor Roll, Sydney Morning Herald and Sydney Mail Record of War Service |
World War 1 Service
| 1 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 29285, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, Sydney, NSW | |
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| 30 Sep 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 29285, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 29285, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of H Henderson, Daly Street, Cowra, New South Wales. Born in Cowra in 1892, he was educated at the Cowra Superior Public School and joined the clerical staff of the Sydney Morning Herald in 1914.
He enlisted as a Gunner on May 1, 1916 and was first attached to the 107th Howitzer Battery, and afterwards to the 13th Battery of the 5th Field Arillery, arriving in France in December. He was first in action at Martinpuich and next at Bullecourt. The Battery was then transferred to the Ypres salient, and while there he had an attack of trench fever. He rejoined his unit in November 1917, and was in the fierce fighting that took place at Ploegsteert. After that he returned to the Somme and was in that sector till the Allied advance in August, remaining in action till September 29, when he was slightly wounded and gassed at Bullecourt.
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