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2nd Lt. Jack Frederick Henderson was also shot down and captured by the Germans on the 10 August 1917, almost five months from transferring to the RFC from the AIF. He was last seen flying a 1 Squadron Nieuport Scout at the back of a formation when an enemy scout dived upon his aircraft. He was repatriated to England during early January 1919. A solidly built man, at 5’11” and weighing 165 pounds, he had left Australia in late 1915 and joined the 9th Battalion in Egypt, and took part in the initial capture of Pozieres, where he suffered a gunshot wound to the knee.

No doubt influenced by his brother, Kenneth Selby Henderson, who had transferred from the AIF to the RFC in late 1915, John or “Jack” Henderson followed suit in March 1917. Kenneth had served as an original member of the 5th Light Horse Regiment at Gallipoli, until evacuated with dysentery in September 1915. Sadly, Captain Kenneth Selby Henderson was killed in action with the now RAF, on the 2nd June 1918, and has no known grave. Both brothers were from Isisford, near Longreach in Queensland.