Lieutenant Colonel James Gordon Hendry

Service number	NX256
Ranks Held	Captain, Lieutenant Colonel
Birth Date	03/07/1913
Birth Place	Australia: New South Wales, Coonabarabran
Death Date	29/09/1945
Death Place	Borneo
Final Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Service	Australian Army
Units	2/28th Australian Infantry Battalion 2/2nd Australian Infantry Battalion
Places	Borneo Coonabarabran
Conflict/Operation	Second World War, 1939-1945

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Date of birth	03/07/1913
Other	28/07/1936	Served as a lieutenant in the Sydney University Regiment.
Date commissioned	28/07/1936
Other	13/11/1939	seconded as a lieutenant in the 2/2nd Battalion from Sydney University Regiment.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	14/12/1939	Enlisted 2nd AIF.
Date promoted	10/10/1940	Appointed captain.
Other	24/04/1940	Attended a course at Middle East Tactical School 10.
Other	13/02/1940	Arrived Middle East.
Other	1940-10-14 - 1940-11-10	Course - Middle East Tactical Scool.
Date of honour or award	07/03/1941	Military Cross (Bardia).
Other	05/1941	Arrived Middle East from Greece.
Other units	11/08/1941	Seconded as instructor AIF Middle East Junior Officers School.
Other units	1942-10-21 - 1942-11-23	Course - Joint Overseas Operational Training School.
Date returned to Australia	30/05/1942	Returned to Sydney.
Date promoted	18/02/1942	Appointed temporary major.
Other units	18/07/1942	43rd Battalion.
Other units	1943-12-07 - 1944-01-27	Course - Land Headquarters Tactical School.
Other units	1943-06-28 - 1943-08-08	Course - RAAF School of Army.
Other units	03/04/1944	2/32nd Battalion as 2nd in command.
Other units	1944-03-23 - 1944-07-01	Course - RAAF War Staff School (Mt Martha).
Other units	05/08/1945	Temporary lieutenant colonel.
Date of death	29/09/1945
Other	21/04/1945	Arrived Morotai.
Other units	30/07/1945	Commanding officer 2/28th Battalion.