Returned ANZACs,
Territory ANZACs,
First World War, 1914-1918,
Place of birth
Uralla (N.S.W.),
Place of enlistment
Darwin,
Date of enlistment
1916-05-08,
Age
21,
Occupation
Labourer,
Service
Australian Imperial Force,
Unit
9th Battalion, 20th Reinforcement,
Rank
Private,
Service number
6367,
Next of kin
Maggie Lennon - Friend ; Hall Street, Paddington, Brisbane, Qld.
Johanna Madsen - Mother ; Port Darwin, N.T.,
Date of death
1935-05-11,
Place of death
Goodna (Qld.),
Biographical notes
His father, known as "Old Dutchy" was one of the pioneer cotton farmers of the Territory. Neil Henry was known as Harry or "Young Dutchy" and was a bit of a likeable larrikin, who was often in court. Neil left the Territory in December 1934 and died in Goodna in Queensland in 1935.,
History
Embarked from Brisbane on board HMAT A46 'Clan Mcgillivray' on 7 September 1916, transferred to 44th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement and returned to Australia on 5 September 1919.,
Subject
World War, 1914-1918,
Northern Territory,
Australia. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps,
History,
ANZAC,
Related links
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=8211622,
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067549%5CRCDIG1067549--450-.JPG,
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1554293/,
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/AWM4/23/26/,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8475888,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8470446,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/36748822,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8521041,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3279274,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60705904,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48067341,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48067759,
http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/view.jsp?id=6973,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48067341 ["Young Dutchy", Northern Standard, 23 November: 1934: p.4.],
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/AWM4/23/26/ [Unit War diary],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8521041 [The Westralian Battalion : the history of the 44th Battalion, A.I.F., 1916-1919 and the Western Australian Rifles by Neville Browning. Bassendean, W.A. : Printed by Advance Press for the author, c2004.],
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067549%5CRCDIG1067549--450-.JPG [Embarkation Roll - HMAT A46 'Clan Mcgillivray'],
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48067759 ["Certified Insane", Northern Standard, 14 December 1934: p.2.],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8475888 [From Anzac to the Hindenburg Line : the history of the 9th Battalion, A.I.F. by Norman K. Harvey. Uckfield, East Essex, U.K. : The Naval & Military Press in association with Imperial War Museum, 2009.],
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=8211622 [Service Record],
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3279274 ["Departure of the Contingent", Northern Territory Times and Gazette, 11 May 1916: p.13.],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8470446 [Campaigning with the fighting 9th (in and out of the line with the 9BN A.I.F.) 1914-1919 by C.M. Wrench. Brisbane : Boolarong Publications for 9th Battalions Association, 1985.],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/36748822 ["Eggs-a-cook!" : the story of the forty-fourth battalion A.I.F. by Cyril Longmore. East Sussex : Naval & Military Press, 2009.],
http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/view.jsp?id=6973 [NT Place Names Register : Madsen Road],
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60705904 ["Suffering from compound fracture of the skull", Townsville Daily Bulletin, 25 January 1928: p.11.],
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1554293/ [Nominal Roll],