HENSHALL, Albert
| Service Number: | 5173 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Brigade Train |
| Born: | Hamilton, Victoria, Australia, 11 June 1892 |
| Home Town: | Hamilton, Southern Grampians, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | 1 July 1952, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mildura (Nichols Point) Public Cemetery, Victoria NP-Anglican-R005 |
| Memorials: | Hamilton Borough of Hamilton Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Feb 1915: | Involvement Driver, 5173, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Chilka embarkation_ship_number: A51 public_note: '' | |
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| 2 Feb 1915: | Embarked Driver, 5173, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Train, HMAT Chilka, Melbourne | |
| 20 Apr 1918: | Honoured Military Medal, Villers-Bretonneux, For Gallantry and devotion to duty under very adverse conditions 19th - 21st April 1918 around the village of Corbie near Villers-Bretonneux France. |
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Also served in WW2 as
253305 Flt Lt
Albert Henshall
Military Medal
'On 19th, 20th and 21st April, 1918 while CORBIE was under heavy enemy shellfire this N.C.O. was in charge of and issuing supplies from a dump near Railway Station in town mentioned. Although the bombardment was intense causing the occupants to vacate portion of the town in which dump was located, this N.C.O. remained at his post and encouraged those who were issuing under his orders. The Supply Officer, CORBIE, has reported on the gallantry and devotion to duty of this N.C.O. under very adverse conditions.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 185
Date: 27 November 1918
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