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MCHENRY, William
Personal Details
Service Number: | QX1906 |
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Enlisted: | 21 June 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion |
Born: | Nowra, New South Wales, Australia, 1 September 1905 |
Home Town: | Proserpine, Whitsunday, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Miner |
Died: | Injuries, Egypt, 28 July 1942, aged 36 years |
Cemetery: |
Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Plot 3. Row D. Grave 8. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Proserpine Cenotaph, Proserpine War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, QX1906, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion | |
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21 Jun 1940: | Enlisted | |
21 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX1906, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, Townsville, Qld. | |
28 Jul 1942: | Discharged |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John T McHENRY and Harriett M nee BIGGS.
Husband of Ethel Louisa McHENRY nee WAGNER, of Mitchelton, Queensland, Australia.