Ronald Horace HENDERSON

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HENDERSON, Ronald Horace

Service Number:	SX4504
Enlisted:	5 June 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Minlaton, SA, 19 June 1916
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Coobowie Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 29 November 1942, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Bomana, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Clare Memorial Row of Trees, Clare WW2 Memorial Gates, Clare and District WW2 Roll of Honour, Sevenhills & Penwortham District War Memorial WW2

World War 2 Service

5 Jun 1940:	Involvement Corporal, SX4504, 27th Infantry Battalion
5 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
5 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, SX4504, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography

Cpl Ronald Horace Henderson AIF of Seven Hills aged 26. Son of Mr and Mrs R Henderson of Yorketown late of Seven Hills. Educated at Coobowie Public School. Fond of football. Was engaged in orchard and farming in civil life. Enlisted in AIF in June 1940. Left for overseas and saw service in Palestine, Egypt ans Syria. Was killed in action in New Guinea on November 29 1942.

Information supplied from The Personal Pictorial Honor Roll of South Australians who have enlisted in the Second World War.

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