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Military service
Service number:
B/28593
Age:
29
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Engineers
Division:
1 Tunnelling Company
Birth:
December 20, 1911
Falkirk, Scotland
Enlistment:
June 28, 1940
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
June 13, 1941
Scotland
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
31. F. 9.
Additional information
Son of John and Janet Hendry, of Geraldton, Ontario. Brother of Robert, Jean and William. Several members of the Hendry family worked in Geraldton before the war. There were three gold mines on the southern outskirts of town, Hard Rock (1938-1951); Macleod-Cockshutt (1938-1970)
and Little LongLac (1934-1956).
Mr. Hendry was Master Mechanic at the MacLeod mine and was always known as Jack. Cpl Hendry (Jim) was a miner at MacLeod when he enlisted, so was his brother Robert. Both Robert and sister Jean also served overseas in the Second World War; both returned safely to Canada.
Digital gallery of Corporal James Hendry
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Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
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George Cross
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Photo of James Hendry
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star May 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo 2 of James Hendry
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Group Photo
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Photo 3 of James Hendry
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Group Photo
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Heroic story
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Gravemarker
Digital gallery of
Corporal James Hendry
Digital gallery of
Corporal James Hendry
Digital gallery of
Corporal James Hendry
Digital gallery of
Corporal James Hendry
Digital gallery of
Corporal James Hendry
Digital gallery of
Corporal James Hendry
Digital gallery of
Corporal James Hendry
Digital gallery of
Corporal James Hendry
Digital gallery of
Corporal James Hendry
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