HENDERSON, William John
| Service Number: | 115 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Victoria , date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Administrator |
| Died: | war wounds, Melbourne, 1 March 1921, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 8 Feb 1915: | Embarked Sergeant, 115, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Mashobra, Fremantle | |
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| 8 Feb 1915: | Involvement Sergeant, 115, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jan 1917: | Wounded 10th Light Horse Regiment, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations, invalided home | |
| 9 Nov 1917: | Involvement Lieutenant, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1917: | Embarked Lieutenant, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Commonwealth, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge
Served as Federal Secretary of RSL 1921. He died in early 1921 and was interred with full military honors in the Brighton Cemetery. the funeral left ANZAC House at 3 o'clock in the afternoon the cortege being headed by the band of the 58th Battalion, the firing party being formed of Light HorseTrainees from the Broadmeadows Camp. the coffin was drawn on a gun carriage supplied by the Roayal Australian Field Artillery, and was covered with the Union Jack surmounted by the Lighthorseman's hat and sword and a tiny sprayof leaves. The funeral was one of the most impressive ever seen in Melbourne.
Biography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge
When he was invalided home he was committed to returned servicement and toojk up the post secretary of the Western Australian RSL Branch. He was appointed Federal secretary in 1920.