HENDERSON, George
| Service Number: | 604 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 September 1914, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Innerleithen, Peeblesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Landsborough, Sunshine Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Parish School, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Gallipoli, 29 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Beach Cemetery - ANZAC Cove Grave I.J. 15. INSCRIPTION - EVER FONDLY REMEMBERED |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 604, 15th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Qld. | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 604, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 604, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 29 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 604, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 604 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-05-29 | |
| 29 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 604, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to abdomen sustained at Quinn's Post. Evacuated to 1st CCS however died of his wounds later the same day. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 27 and the son of Jessie Henderson, of 14, Bond St., Innerleithen, Peeblesshire, Scotland, and the late David Henderson.
He is remembered on the Innerleithen War Memorials. There is an external one and the stained Glass Windows in the church record the names of the fallen.
Innerleithen (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Leitheann) is a civil parish and a small town in the committee area of Tweeddale, in the Scottish Borders. It was formerly in the historic county of Peeblesshire or Tweeddale.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He ia also remembered in the book of remembrance for Tweeddale. [Roll of honour of Peebleshire men killed in the Great War, 1914-1918. With portraits.]
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