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Gilbert Hector HENDERSON

Regimental number1206
Place of birthArcadia East, Victoria
SchoolArcadia State School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressArcadia East PO, Arcadia East, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, Moses Henderson, Arcadia East PO, Arcadia East, Victoria
Enlistment date24 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name37th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/54/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A34 Persic on 3 June 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll1296
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll37th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 9 June 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialBailleul Co9mmunal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 209), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
128
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Moses and Cecil HENDERSON. nataive of Arcadia East, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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