HENDERSON, Thomas John
| Service Number: | 1442 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 December 1915, 6 months 15th Infantry Militia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glasgow, Scotland, April 1896 |
| Home Town: | Minmi, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fireman |
| Died: | Hamilton, , New South Wales Australia , 17 October 1963, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Newcastle Memorial Park (fmly Beresfield Crematorium) Ashes interred Newcastle Memorial Park, N.S.W. |
| Memorials: | Minmi Roll of Honour, Minmi St Andrew's Church Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1442, 35th Infantry Battalion, 6 months 15th Infantry Militia | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1442, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1442, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 12 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, 1442, 35th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
The Minmi Roll of Honour has 79 names inscribed of those who returned home from The Great War.
The 46th name inscribed is Private Thomas John Henderson.
On the 19th October 1963, the funeral was held at Newcastle Memorial Park, N.S.W. for Private (Signaller) Thomas John Henderson, 35th Battalion Headquarters (Reg No-1442), fireman from Church Street, Minmi, New South Wales and Hamilton, N.S.W., age 67 years? 6 months?. Ashes interred Newcastle Memorial Park, N.S.W., date and area unknown.
HENDERSON, Thomas John, death notice, 17 OCT 1963, late of Hamilton, Sydney Morning Herald, 19 OCT 1963.
Born at Glasgow, Scotland possibly April? 1896 to Thomas, died? and Isabella Henderson, died? from Main Street, Minmi, New South Wales, Thomas enlisted on the 14th December 1915, stated age 19 years 8 months, at West Maitland, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A24 Benalla on the 1st May 1916.
Disembarked Plymouth, England 9.7.1916.
Proceeded O/Seas to France from Southampton, England 21.11.1916.
Wounded in action - 17.10.1917 (gas).
Granted leave to England from 22.1.1918 to 6.2.1918 and to France from 19.1.1919 to 10.2.1919.
Commenced return to Australia 11.5.1919.
Mr. Henderson’s name has also been inscribed on the Minmi St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour, unveiled on the 9th May 1920, 46 names inscribed, 10 Fallen.
Officially commemorated at Newcastle Memorial Park Cemetery & Crematorium, area unknown - https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html....
I would like to see poppies placed at Thomas’s plaque in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/minmi-roll-of-honour/.
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