Service number | NX256 |
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Ranks Held | Captain, Lieutenant Colonel |
Birth Date | 1913-07-03 |
Birth Place | Australia: New South Wales, Coonabarabran |
Death Date | 1945-09-29 |
Death Place | Borneo |
Final Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
Service | Australian Army |
Units |
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Places | |
Conflict/Operation | Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Gazettes |
Published in London Gazette in 1941-05-09 |
Lieutenant Colonel James Gordon Hendry
Rolls
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 2/2nd Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Captain
- London Gazette
- 09 May 1941 on page 2646 at position 4
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Roll of Honour:
- Unit
- 2/28th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
Timeline
Date of birth | 03 July 1913 | |
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Date commissioned | 28 July 1936 | |
Other | 28 July 1936 | Served as a lieutenant in the Sydney University Regiment. |
Other | 13 November 1939 | seconded as a lieutenant in the 2/2nd Battalion from Sydney University Regiment. |
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) | 14 December 1939 | Enlisted 2nd AIF. |
Other | 13 February 1940 | Arrived Middle East. |
Other | 24 April 1940 | Attended a course at Middle East Tactical School 10. |
Date promoted | 10 October 1940 | Appointed captain. |
Other | 1940-10-14 - 1940-11-10 | Course - Middle East Tactical Scool. |
Date of honour or award | 07 March 1941 | Military Cross (Bardia). |
Other | 1941-05 | Arrived Middle East from Greece. |
Other units | 11 August 1941 | Seconded as instructor AIF Middle East Junior Officers School. |
Date promoted | 18 February 1942 | Appointed temporary major. |
Date returned to Australia | 30 May 1942 | Returned to Sydney. |
Other units | 18 July 1942 | 43rd Battalion. |
Other units | 1942-10-21 - 1942-11-23 | Course - Joint Overseas Operational Training School. |
Other units | 1943-06-28 - 1943-08-08 | Course - RAAF School of Army. |
Other units | 1943-12-07 - 1944-01-27 | Course - Land Headquarters Tactical School. |
Other units | 1944-03-23 - 1944-07-01 | Course - RAAF War Staff School (Mt Martha). |
Other units | 03 April 1944 | 2/32nd Battalion as 2nd in command. |
Other | 21 April 1945 | Arrived Morotai. |
Other units | 30 July 1945 | Commanding officer 2/28th Battalion. |
Other units | 05 August 1945 | Temporary lieutenant colonel. |
Date of death | 29 September 1945 |