Lot 898

Description

Hendersons Sweets, departure fob in gold (9ct; 15.56g; 31x37mm), by W.Kerr, ring top suspension, obverse inscribed, 'Sydney/With Best Wishes', plain reverse inscribed, 'Presented to/Mr N.Henderson./By the Employees of/"Hendersons Sweets"/On his Departure/for the front./1915'. Good very fine.

In case by William Kerr, Goldsmith & Silversmith, 542 & 544 George St, Sydney. ^Nelson John Henderson was the son of Scottish migrant James Henderson who came to Sydney in 1891 and a few years later founded Henderson's Sweets which as it grew relocated to Haymarket, Sydney. Henderson's Sweets were the makers of the popular sweet, Minties. James Henderson died on 28 October 1915.^^3137A Nelson John Henderson, clerk, age 23, born at Redfern, Sydney, NSW; Enl.05Sep1915 at Holdsworthy, Sydney, NSW; Emb.23Dec1915; TOS 56Bn 16Feb1916; to France 19Jun1916; WIA 11Aug1916 GSW left leg; to hospital in England 19Aug1916; to France 14Oct1917; to England 25Feb1918 with trench fever; to France 10Jul1918; WIA (2nd occasion) 23Aug1918 shrapnel wound to face; rejoined unit and WIA (3rd occasion) 01Oct1918 shrapnel wound right leg; to hospital in England 05Oct1918; RTA via America at own expense and Disemb.01Jul1919 at Sydney; Disch.23Aug1919; Died 01Dec1929.