John Randolph Fleming HENDERSON

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HENDERSON, John Randolph Fleming

Service Number:	410863
Enlisted:	28 February 1942, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Pilot Officer
Last Unit:	RAAF Reserve (Civil Aircrew)
Born:	Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 July 1922
Home Town:	South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Leaving and Matriculation Certificates
Occupation:	Melbourne University Student (Engineering)
Died:	Flying Accident, Port Moresby, New Guinea, 26 November 1943, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 2. Row D. Grave 16. Inscription: "...THEY THAT ARE WITH HIM ARE CALLED, AND CHOSEN, AND FAITHFUL".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Pilot Officer, 410863
28 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 410863, Royal Australian Air Force, Melbourne, Victoria
26 Nov 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 410863, RAAF Reserve (Civil Aircrew), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45
Date unknown:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 410863, RAAF Personnel / Embarkation / Holding Units

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Lodestar aircraft VH-CAB operated by Qantas Empire Airways (QEA) for the Allied Directorate of Air Transport crashed shortly after take-off from Wards airstrip near Port Moresby, New Guinea with all on board killed. Australian service personnel buried at Bomana -

CAMPBELL, William Geoffrey (Squadron Leader) RAAF 261730 (Qantas Captain - Pilot)

HENDERSON, John Randolph Fleming (Pilot Officer) RAAF 410863 (Qantas First Officer)

LITTLE, Keith George (Flying Officer) RAAF 267726 (Qantas Engineer)

EVAN, Neil Grosvenor (Flight Sergeant) RAAF 417064 (Wireless Operator)

JENKE, Leslie Harold (Flight Sergeant) RAAF 8868 (Equipment Assistant)

McCARTHY, John Francis (Major) NX7195 (2nd Echelon Land HQ)

BOLGER, John Benedict (Lieutenant Colonel) NX462 (2/6th Field Regiment)

MARSTON, Edward John (Lieutenant Colonel) VX39064 (HQ 11 Australian Division)

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