Wallace Henderson

Forenames

Wallace AWMM

Surname

Henderson AWMM

Service number

• WWI 1/660 AWMM
• WWI 12/3675 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

29 May 1892 Public Source

Date of birth

29 May 1892

Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 23 August 2015 - Archives New Zealand; Military personnel file; http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE24543151

Place of birth

Thames, New Zealand

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Address before enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Surrey Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs Elizabeth Henderson (mother), 24 Surrey Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 15 Aug 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 1/660 AWMM
• WWI 12/3675 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Monumentalist/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• WW1 HMNZT 1 or HMNZT 2 AWMM Vessel was Moeraki or Monowai AWMM Private AWMM 3rd (Auckland) Regiment AWMM Samoan Advance Party AWMM
• WW1 08 Jan 1916-08 Feb 1916 AWMM
  HMNZT 37 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM 9th Reinforcements Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

• Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
• 19 Oct 1917 gunshot wound to left arm; compound fracture left leg & multiple gunshot wounds
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Last rank

WW1 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion AWMM

• Wallace Henderson was the son of Elizabeth and the late Henry Henderson, of Auckland, New Zealand.
  
  Next of Kin: Mrs E. Henderson, Grey Lynn, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM
• Wallace is the brother of Henry Leonard HENDERSON 12/3674 who died on 3 November 1918 after returning home
  Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 23 August 2015 - Own research

Death

29 Oct 1917 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Date of death

30 October 1917

Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 23 August 2015 - Military records stress that date of death should read as 30 October 1917 & family memorial reinforces this; Archives New Zealand; Military personnel file; http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE24543151

Place of death

No. 11 General Hospital

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Cause of death

• Died of wounds AWMM
• Wounds received in action
  Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 23 August 2015 - Archives New Zealand; Military personnel file; http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE24543151

Cemetery

Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM XXX. H. 15. AWMM

Memorial name

Family memorial; Waikaraka Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand

Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 23 August 2015 - Personal visit

Memorial reference

Area 2 Block U Lot No 4

Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 23 August 2015 - Auckland City Council Libraries online cemetery database; http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/cemeteries/cemetery.html

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16794291
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• HMNZT 1. Pull-thro' : with which is incorporated The Noumea nightmare, the Suva sendoff, and Samoa sun : the unofficial organ of the Advance Party of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, Apia, Samoa. [Apia, Samoa] : Literary Committee of the Advance Party of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1914-
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 323
• HMNZT 37. Quinn's Post. New Zealand troopship magazine. As transport no. 37 the "Maunganui" carried the 9th Reinforcements, departing New Zealand 8 January 1916 and arriving Suez 8 February 1916. O.C. Troops was Capt. W.T. Joll and Ship's Master Capt. L. Worrall.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  21: 13
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.