Thomas Henderson (1867-1929)
Lieut-Col. Thomas Henderson (1867-1929)
1929 Obituary [1]
Lieut.-Colonel THOMAS HENDERSON, who was born in Scotland in 1867, joined the Australian military forces as an armament artificer in 1888.
He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in 1913, captain in 1919, and major in 1924.
He was also assistant inspector of ordnance machinery from 1913 to 1918, and first-class ordnance mechanical engineer at army headquarters from 1919 to 1928.
He retired in 1928 with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. During the War he served in command of an Australian mobile workshop unit.
During this period of absence from Australia he attended the Ordnance College at Woolwich Arsenal and passed the Imperial requirements for an inspector of ordnance machinery.
He died on 4th March 1929, and had been a Member of the Institution since 1921.