John HENDRICK

HENDRICK, John

Service Number: 517
Enlisted: 21 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 1st Infantry Battalion
Born: New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland, 20 May 1883
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Chainman
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 6 August 1915, aged 32 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Panel 14, Lone Pine Memorial
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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World War 1 Service

21 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 517, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
18 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 517, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 517, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Address ath the time of enlistment was 15 Randle Street, Sydney, NSW

Next of kin given as his sister Elizabeth Hendrick of Boston, USA but attempts to trace her failed; Half brother of Martin Murphy of County Wexford, Ireland

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British Was Medal, Victory Medal

Prior to migrating to Australia he served in the Royal Garrison Artillery and after arriving in Australia he served a further 2 years with the QLD Reserves

Biography contributed by John Oakes

John HENDRICK (Service Number 517) was born on 20th May 1883 at New Ross, Wexford, Ireland. he worked for the NSW Government Railways and Tramways as a labourer in the Electrical Branch, based at Ultimo, from 22nd November 1912. He was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces on 14th August 1914, virtually immediately on the declaration of war. He described his calling as ‘chainman’. He gave his sister, Elizabeth, of Boston USA as his next of kin, and claimed 12 years’ service with the Royal Garrison Artillery (in Ireland).

He left Australia from Sydney aboard HMAT ‘Afric’ on 18th October 1914. After further training in Egypt, he joined the 1st Battalion at Gallipoli on 7th May 1915. 

He was killed in action between 6th and 9th August 1915 at the Battle of Lone Pine. He has no known grave he is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial.

His next of kin’s, his sister’s, address as ‘Boston USA’ was insufficient to locate her, despite advertisements in the local newspapers and through the police in that city.  A Martin Murphy from New Ross, County Wexford did contact the military authorities claiming Hendrick as his half-brother.

The National Archives files usually contain a reference to the disposition of the several mementoes of war service – the 1914/15 Star, The British War Medal, The Victory Medal, The Memorial Scroll and the Memorial Plaque.  For Hendrick they are shown as being ‘untraceable’.

- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board

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