William Alexander HENDERSON

Regimental number48876
OccupationTelegraphist
Next of kinWife, Mrs W A Henderson, c/o Mrs R Hall, 32 Princes Street, Auckland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 27th Reinforcements (First Draft), Specialists Company, Signal Section
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 86 Maunganui on 12 June 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 5 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialAuchonvillers Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row A, Grave No 17), Somme, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Jane Henderson, Scotland; Wife: Myrtle J. Henderson, Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 67, p. 30