Henderson, John Keith (Captain)

Places
Accession Number 1DRL/0342
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 1 wallet: 1 cm.
Object type Document
Maker Henderson, Alan Stuart
Date made 1927
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM93 12/11/144
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Collection relating to service of Captain John Keith Henderson, 13 Battalion, AIF (and previously of Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force, New Guinea), New Guinea, Gallipoli & France, 1914-1916 .

History / Summary

Biographical note: Captain, 13th Bn, AIF, who had early gone to New Guinea with the 1st Battalion, AN&MEF (Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force). Killed in action on 14 August 1916 at Pozieres. Other biographical details concerning him are: dental surgeon; of Sydney, NSW; born London; arrived in Australia when 1 year old; educated at Sydney Grammar School and the University of Sydney; age at time of death, 24. (His brother also served in the AIF, and survived the war.)