Lieutenant Colonel James Gordon Hendry

Service number NX256
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
  • 2/2nd Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 2/28th Australian Infantry Battalion
Places
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1941-05-09

Rolls

Timeline

Date of birth 03 July 1913
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