Gilbert Bruce HENDERSON

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HENDERSON, Gilbert Bruce

Service Numbers:	50524, V91598
Enlisted:	2 November 1917, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9 Garrison Battalion / Company (Vic)
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 1 November 1899
Home Town:	Caulfield, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling:	St Peters College, Adelaide,South Australia
Occupation:	Wool Buyer
Died:	Natural causes (coronary occlusion), Prahran, Victoria, Australia, 5 May 1971, aged 71 years
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cassia, Wall T, Niche 547
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World War 1 Service

2 Nov 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 50524, Adelaide, South Australia
10 Jun 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 50524, 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
10 Jun 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 50524, 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
19 Aug 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 50524, 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron

World War 2 Service

29 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V91598
29 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Private, V91598, Portsea, Victoria
29 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V91598, 9 Garrison Battalion / Company (Vic), Enlisted at Portsea, Victoria, Australia
30 Mar 1941:	Involvement Private, V91598
8 Jan 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V91598, 9 Garrison Battalion / Company (Vic)
8 Jan 1942:	Discharged Private, V91598, 9 Garrison Battalion / Company (Vic)
8 Jan 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V91598

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Biography contributed by Gary Lloyd

Bruce was educated at St. Peter's College, Adelaide. He was a good sport and represented or captained the school in Rifles, Cricket, Football and Athletics. He enlisted in the Light Horse on his 17th birthday and saw action in Egypt, Palestine and Jordan. He was demobilised to England in March 1919 where he studied wool classing in Bradford, returning to Australia and joining Biggin and Ayrton in Melbourne, later becoming a partner. He married Janet Fordyce in 1924 and had 3 daughters. Bruce was a very well respected member of the Peninsula Country Golf Club, becoming Captain, President, and Honorary Life Member. He suffered from emphacaema as a result of fairly heavy smoking and from the dust in the wool sheds. He considered retiring in 1951 with the sole responsibility for the Melbourne office during the war years adding to the strain. Bruce suffered a heart attack whilst he was visiting Adelaide and then had a stroke shortly after which resulted in him being in a wheelchair. Bruce died in Melbourne in May 1971 at the age of 71.

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