HENDERSON, Edward William
| Service Numbers: | 53, 398 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 1878 |
| Home Town: | New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Stockman |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 398, 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 53, Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 53, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
| 18 May 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 53, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900. | |
| 30 Sep 1900: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 53, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier notes invalided due to Enteric Fever returned to Australia aboard Nineveh arriving Brisbane 24 Sep 1900, discharged 30 Sep 1900. | |
| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 53, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 53, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked 27 Mar 1902 at Cape Town aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902. | |
| 19 May 1902: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 398, 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 530 notes 7th BACH- 'D' Squadron embarked from Pinkenba 19 May 1902 aboard Custodian arriving Durban 22 Jun 1902 after peace declared. | |
| 9 Aug 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 398, 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 530 notes 7th BACH embarked from Durban 28 Jun 1902 aboard Manchester Merchant returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 2 Aug 1902, disbanded 9 Aug 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Edward William Henderson appears to be a little unique in tht he served three times with different units in the South African (Boer) War.
He first served as a Private S.N. 53 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen. However a couple of months after arriving in South Africa he was invalided due to Enteric Fever and returned to Australia where he was discharged 30 Sep 1900.
He then re-enlisted/transfered for his second service (under the same service number) embarking on 6 Mar 1901 as a Private S.N. 53 in the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen. He saw out the full service with this unit returning to Australia where unit was disbanded 5 May 1902.
Obviously not deterred by the amount of time spent in cramped conditions on ships he again, a few days after his return from his second service, embarked on 19 May 1902 for his third service as a Private S.N. 398 in the 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse. On arriving in South Africa on 22 Jun 1902 they found peace had already been declared and on 28 Jun 1902 they were again back on a ship embarking to return to Australia, each trip between Australia and South Africa taking basically a month by ship. Unfortunately his photo for his third service published in The Queenslander, 31 May 1902, p. 1195, along with all others on that page, is indiscernable in the digitised scan on Trove.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 480, 494 & 539; National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossiers for 1st and 3rd services).
Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Edward William Henderson appears to be a little unique in tht he served three times with different units in the South African (Boer) War.
He first served as a Private S.N. 53 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen. However a couple of months after arriving in South Africa he was invalided due to Enteric Fever and returned to Australia where he was discharged 30 Sep 1900.
He then re-enlisted/transfered for his second service (under the same service number) embarking on 6 Mar 1901 as a Private S.N. 53 in the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen. He saw out the full service with this unit returning to Australia where unit was disbanded 5 May 1902.
Obviously not deterred by the amount of time spent in cramped conditions on ships he again, a few days after his return from his second service, embarked on 19 May 1902 for his third service as a Private S.N. 398 in the 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse. On arriving in South Africa on 22 Jun 1902 they found peace had already been declared and on 28 Jun 1902 they were again back on a ship embarking to return to Australia, each trip between Australia and South Africa taking basically a month by ship. Unfortunately his photo for his third service published in The Queenslander, 31 May 1902, p. 1195, along with all others on that page, is indiscernable in the digitised scan on Trove.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 480, 494 & 539; National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossiers for 1st and 3rd services).
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