\nBy Reece S., Explorica traveller<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Private 228826 Personal Information<\/strong> Medical Information From the 92nd<\/sup> Battalion, he was then transferred to the 5th<\/sup> reserve Battalion (January 4th<\/sup>, 1917), taken on strength to the 20th<\/sup> Battalion (January 30th<\/sup>, 1917), and finally taken on strength back to the 42nd<\/sup> Battalion after landing in France (March 5th<\/sup>, 1917).<\/p>\n He then trained with the 42nd<\/sup> Battalion up to the last light of day on the 6th<\/sup> of April, just a few days before the barrage of artillery and the push over the German fortified Vimy Ridge (the right side of Hill 145), which would start at 5:30 am on April 9th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n Light blue, close to formation boundary between the 3rd and 4th Canadian divisions, number 42<\/p><\/div>\n Information is available that while taking part in the attack on Vimy Ridge (April 9th<\/sup>, 1917) he was instantly killed by the explosion of an enemy shell and completely buried in the debris. Previously reported Missing, now Killed in Action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In order to prepare for their upcoming journey to France to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, students from across Canada research the life and death of a particular soldier in order to better understand and relate to the circumstances faced by so many young men and their families.\u00a0Researching primary documents Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[331,58,60,40,128,415,377],"class_list":["post-3514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-explorica-news","tag-canadian-history","tag-educational-travel","tag-explorica","tag-france","tag-student-travel","tag-vimy-100","tag-war-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3514"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3548,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3514\/revisions\/3548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n42nd<\/sup> Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada) Quebec Regiment
\n1st<\/sup> reinforcement company
\nCanadian Expeditionary Force (CEF)<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>John Henry Henderson was born on March 24th<\/sup>, 1873 in Wrexham, North Wales. There is no information on his parents or when he moved to Montreal. However, in his enlistment attestation papers, he says he does not know any other family members as he was raised by his friends. At the time of enlistment (July 17, 1916. 43 years old), he lived on 875 Catherine St. West, Montreal, Qu\u00e9bec with a friend named Mrs. Annie Rimmer, to whom he wishes to leave all of his possessions in the case of his passing. He is 5 feet, 3 inches tall with dark hair, blue eyes and a fair complexion. He was known as a single man who worked as a milk driver, but also had prior experience working with the local militia. He died a Methodist during the battle of Vimy Ridge, April 9th<\/sup>, 1917.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Apart from some dental issues, John Henderson was described as a healthy man who was deemed fit for battle immediately.<\/p>\n![\"SS](\"http:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/SS-Olympic-300x207.jpg\")
Military Movements
\n<\/strong>At the age of 43, John Henry Henderson enlisted on July 17, 1916 in Montreal with the 42nd<\/sup> battalion. Henderson left Halifax aboard the S.S. Olympic and arrived in Liverpool, England on Dec 28th<\/sup>, 1916. Then was taken on strength into the 92nd<\/sup> Battalion upon arrival in East Sandling.<\/p>\n![\"Light](\"http:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Tom-Henderson-map.jpg\")