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HENDERSON, Alwin Stewart
| Service Number: | 6519 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 July 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Port Germein, South Australia, 9 June 1889 |
| Home Town: | Port Germein, Mount Remarkable, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Gladstone, South Australia , 21 June 1976, aged 87 years |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Cleve WW1 Honor Roll, Port Germein War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6519, 10th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 23 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6519, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6519, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Adelaide | |
| 6 May 1917: | Wounded Private, 6519, 10th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), GSW (left hand) | |
| 6 Oct 1917: | Wounded Private, 6519, 10th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, 2nd occasion (left leg amputated) | |
| 12 Sep 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6519, 10th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Keith Harrison
"Born 9 June 1889 in Port Germein, Private Henderson enlisted in July 1916 and was ultimately discharged on 12 September 1918 due to medical unfitness as his left leg had been amputated (as can be seen in his image). Prior to enlisting and forming a part of the 10th Battalion, Pte. Henderson was a farmer and labourer.
He landed in France on 5 April 1917 and joined up with the Battalion on 14 April 1917 at Lagnicourt. Pte. Henderson was moved to the front line at Bullecourt, France on 6 May 1917 and was wounded that same day in the left hand and then moved to the Clearing Station. He was then moved back to England where on 2 August 1917 he would marry Lily Cecilia Burgess. Their marriage took place at the Registrar Office at St George's Hanover Square, London. They were both 28 years old at the time of their marriage.
By early September, Pte. Henderson was sent back to France and joined up with the Battalion. He was again wounded, this time in the left leg on 6 October 1917 while acting as stretcher bearer. His wound was very severe and the next afternoon his leg was amputated. He left France on 16 October for England where he stayed until 26 January 1918 when he was put aboard the H. M. Hospital Ship for Australia.
He landed at Melbourne on 12 March 1918 and was discharged on 12 September 1918 through medical unfitness (due to amputation of left leg) whilst on active services. It is not known if his wife Lily made the trip back to Australia with him in early 1918 or if she arrived at a later date but she did die in South Australia in 1939 with Alwin Stewart Henderson listed as her husband.
After the War Henderson returned to farming and through the Soldier Settlement scheme farmed in the Hundred of Baroota near Port Germein between 1923 and 1927. He passed away in 1976 aged 87." -State Records of South Australia
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