Richard Alexander Henderson

I whānau mai i te 26 Aug 1895 - I mate atu i te 14 Nov 1958

Nama Hōia: WWI 3/258 AWMM
Ingoa kārangaranga: Dick AWMM
Te Ope o Tū / te peka: Army AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga: WW1
Pakanga: World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

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Richard Alexander Henderson — Brothers Private Richard (Dick) Alexander Henderson (3/258) (right) and his elder brother, Rifleman William John Henderson, (15369), NZ Rifle Brigade (seated). Almost definitely taken in France. Image provided by Nigel Robson. - No known copyright restrictions No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Pakanga: World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
Kauhanga riri: 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM
Te Ope o Tū / te peka: Army AWMM
Nama Hōia: WWI 3/258 AWMM
Urunga ki te ope taua: Cadet AWMM
Territorial AWMM
3 New Zealand General Hospital, UK AWMM
No. 4 NZ Field Ambulance AWMM
Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga: —

Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua

Mētara me ngā Tohu: Military Medal (MM) AWMM
MM. London Gazette 9 December 1916, p12058, Rec No 202. During operations on the Somme on the 15th September, 1916 he went out repeatedly under heavy shellfire and brought in wounded who were exposed to it. He set a fine example to the other bearers. AWMM
1914-1915 Star AWMM
British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
Victory Medal AWMM

Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu

Whakangungu ope taua: —
Branch Trade Proficiency: —
Te urunga: WW1 1914 AWMM
Age 21 AWMM
Trainee teacher/Civilian AWMM
Pakeke i te whakaurunga: —
Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka: —

Te maha o ngā ekenga waka

Taipitopito ekenga waka: WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 AWMM Vessel was Star of India AWMM Private AWMM New Zealand Medical Corps AWMM Main Body AWMM

Whakapapa hauora

Tuhinga hauora: Height, Unknown Period AWMM
5 foot 5 inches AWMM
Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Gassed Passchendaele AWMM
Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Evacuated to England, hospitalised and invalided to New Zealand AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana

Te tūnga whakamutunga: WW1 1 May 1918 AWMM
Medically unfit AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga: —

Kōrero taurongo

"In 1914 a war had to be fought. A popular young teacher, Dick Henderson, enlisted in the Medical Corps, and quietly earned immortality with his donkey at the hell of Gallipoli. " (section 1910's- and a crisis in Three Kings School, Centennial 1878-1978.

Replaced John Simpson Kirkpatrick (dod May 19 1915) and inherited the donkey Murphy and transports injured soldiers at Gallipoli

Served in Egyptian areana, then England and France

Gassed at Passchendaele and invalided home to New Zealand

His eyesight deteriorated badly, as a result of the mustard gas exposure and he retired at age 41

No Form B103 on file; few details available.
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front
Embarked Wellington, 10 October 1914.
Found guilty, Mudros, 17 July 1915, of taking a boat belonging to No 1 Australian Stationary Hospital from its moorings without permission: awarded 72 hours' detention.
Received pay as Cook, 18 August 1915; relieved of appointment as Cook, Ismailia, 19 February 1916.
Awarded Military Medal for gallantry in the field, 15 November 1916.
Rejoined No 2 NZ Field Ambulance, 1 December 1916.
Appointed Lance Corporal, 14 December 1916.
On Command to No 3 NZ General Hospital, Codford, England, 21 February 1917.
Promoted Corporal, 28 March 1917.
Proceeded overseas to France, 28 May 1917.
Wounded in action, 12 October 1917 (gas); admitted to 59th General Hospital, St Omer, 14 October 1917; still listed as 'dangerously ill, 22 October 1917; transferred to England (no date available), and admitted to Lewisham Military Hospital, 6 November 1917 (gassed: severe); removed from 'dangerously ill' list, 7 November 1917. Transferred to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 17 November 1917.
Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board SS 'Maunganui', 2 February 1918; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of wounds received in action; gas poisoning), 21 May 1918.
Total war service: 3 years 285 days (of which 3 years 151 days were abroad).
Medals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal AWMM

Ngā mātāwai

Hononga ki waho: Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16794257
Further Reference
A picture of bravery. (2008), April 19). New Zealand Herald.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10504985&pnum=0
Further Reference
Wikidata Entity
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7323674
Further Reference
Downie, Heather. A Menagerie of Mascots. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira. First published: 17 February 2020
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/mascots
Further Reference
Ngā tuhinga: Macdonald, L. (1978). Passchendaele : the story of the third Battle of Ypres 1917. London : Penguin Books.
Harper, G. (2000). Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins.
McDonald, W. (2001). Honours and awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. Napier, N.Z.: Helen McDonald.
McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 323
Western Leader
Gray, M. (2002, April 25). Soldier's true identity. Western Leader p. 3
NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 3: Includes portrait
Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
Carbery, A.R.D. (1924). The New Zealand Medical Service in the Great War, 1914-1918 : based on official documents. Auckland: Whitcombe & Tombs.

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