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Unit |
7th Battalion,
B Company |
Rank |
Captain |
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Date of Enlistment |
25
September 1914 |
Service no. |
- |
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Date of Death |
8 May 1915 |
Place of Death |
2nd
Battle of Krithia |
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Age |
22 |
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Cemetery |
Redoubt |
Details |
Special Memorial
A. 70 |
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Epitaph |
Son of
Geo G and Jessie Isabel Henderson of Victoria Australia |
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Next of Kin |
(Father)
HENDERSON George |
Address |
89
Harcourt St, Hawthorn VIC |
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Parents |
George
Gabriel and Jessie Isabel Henderson |
Address |
89
Harcourt St, Hawthorn VIC |
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Date of Birth |
10
December 1892 |
Place of birth |
VIC
Hawthorn |
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General |
"Upon this parapet
Cass directed the small party of the 7th to fire as they flung
themselves down at the end of each rush. Constantly exposing himself,
as did the other officers, he had walked across the road and was
standing correcting the men's aim when he was struck down by a bullet
which pierced his breast. Lying beside the road he sent word by a
wounded man to Captain Henderson, instructing him to take over
the advancing line. After two further rushes Henderson, rising
to his knees to look through his glasses, was himself shot through the
head."
BEAN, C E W,
The Official History of Australia in the war of 1914-1918, The
Story of Anzac, volume 2, 11th edition, page 30, The Struggle for
Krithia (source 1) |
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Other Sources |
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Photo |
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Australian War Memorial, H06685, (source 7) |
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Photo |
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The Age Newspaper, 24 May 1915, page 11 (source 44) |
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Photo |
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The Argus Newspaper, 24 May 1915, page 7 (source 42) |
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Photo |
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The Australasian Newspaper, 29 May 1915, page ii
(source 31) |
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Photo |
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The Melbourne Herald Newspaper, 6 August 1915, page 8
(source 95) |
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Photo |
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The Register Newspaper, 24 May 1915, page 9
(source 103) |
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Newspaper article |
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The Age
Newspaper, 24 May 1915, page 11 (source 44) |
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Newspaper article |
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The Register Newspaper, 24 May 1915, page 9
(source 103) |
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Family details |
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Spirits of
Gallipoli |
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Headstone |
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Gallipoli Photographic Expedition, 2009 (source 183) |
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Notes |
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WALKER, R W, To what end did they die? Officers died at
Gallipoli, page 128
(source 127) |
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Various |
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Australian War Memorial, ACT, Panel 50 (source 14) |
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