William Henderson (general)

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|name= William George Henderson

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|birth_date= {{Birth date|1919|07|19|df=yes}}

|birth_place= Clifton Hill, Victoria

|death_date= {{Death date and age|1995|10|10|1919|07|19|df=yes}}

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|allegiance= Australia

|branch= Australian Army

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|rank= Major General

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|commands= Training Command (1973–76)
1st Division (1971–73)
1st Australian Task Force (1970–71)
2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1957–58)

|battles= Second World War
Korean War
Malayan Emergency
Vietnam War

|awards= Officer of the Order of Australia
Distinguished Service Order
Officer of the Order of the British Empire

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Major General William George Henderson, {{postnominals|country=AUS|size=100|sep=,|AO|DSO|OBE}} (19 July 1919 – 10 October 1995) was a senior officer in the Australian Army.{{cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/879312|title=Henderson, William George: Officer of the Order of Australia|work=It's an Honour|publisher=Australian Government|access-date=2 February 2016|archive-date=1 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701111726/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=879312&search_type=advanced&showInd=true|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1526322/|title=William George Henderson: Distinguished Service Order|work= Honours and Awards|publisher=Australian War Memorial|access-date=2 February 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1526321/|title= William George Henderson: Officer of the Order of the British Empire|work=Honours and Awards|publisher=Australian War Memorial|access-date=2 February 2016}}

Biography

Born in Clifton Hill, Victoria, on 19 July 1919,{{cite web |url=http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=789614 |title=Henderson, William George |work=World War II Nominal Roll |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia |access-date=2 February 2016 |archive-date=1 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701111650/http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=789614 |url-status=dead }} Henderson graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon in June 1941.{{sfn|Hedges|2012|p=323}} An infantryman, he served in the Second World War, Korean War, Malayan Emergency and Vietnam War.{{sfn|Ham|2007|p=532}} He attended Staff College at Cabarlah in 1945 before holding appointments at Western Command in Perth and as Brigade Major (effectively Chief of Staff) of 13th Infantry Brigade, also in Western Australia.{{Cite book |author=Clark, Chris|chapter-url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/henderson-william-george-bill-27640|title = Australian Dictionary of Biography|chapter = Henderson, William George (Bill) (1919–1995)|publisher = National Centre of Biography, Australian National University}}

Henderson commanded the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR) from November 1957 to November 1958.{{sfn|Horner|Bou|2008|p=439}} Later, between June 1970 and February 1971 he served as Commander 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF) in South Vietnam.{{sfn|Palazzo|2006|p=119}} He died on 10 October 1995.{{citation|chapter-url=http://www.hq1atf.org/atfmort21.xls|url=http://www.hq1atf.org/|chapter=HQ1ATF Post Vietnam Mortality List|title=Headquarters 1st Australian Task Force South Vietnam 1966–1972|access-date=16 February 2016}}

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{{cite book|last=Ham|first=Paul|author-link=Paul Ham|year=2007|title=Vietnam: The Australian War|publisher=Harper Collins|location=Sydney |isbn=978-0732282370}}
{{cite book|last=Hedges|first=Jason|title=Royal Military College of Australia 1911–2011: Celebrating 100 Years at Duntroon|year=2012|publisher=Big Sky Publishing|location=Newport|isbn=978-1-921941-47-4}}
{{Cite book|editor-last1=Horner|editor-first1=David|editor-last2=Bou|editor-first2=Jean |title=Duty First: A History of the Royal Australian Regiment| edition=2nd |publisher=Allen & Unwin |location=Crows Nest, New South Wales |year=2008|isbn=978-1-74175-374-5}}
{{cite book|last=Palazzo|first=Albert|title=Australian Military Operations in Vietnam|series=Australian Army Campaigns Series|volume=3|publisher=Army History Unit|location=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory|year=2006|isbn=1-876439-10-6}}

William Henderson (general)

Biography

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