George Winfred Henry was born in Hamilton, Victoria, but at the time he enlisted was working as a clerk and living in East Melbourne. His father, Robert Henry, lived in Grey St., Hamilton. His mother may have been deceased and he does not seem to have had siblings. George Henry attempted to enlist on 2 September, 1915. On 6 September, 1915, he was with the  20th Castlemaine Depot Battalion,Castlemaine. On 9 December that year he was transferred to the 5th Battalon, 4th Reinforcements. He already had training, 18 months with the Cadets and with three years with the Kooyong Infantry, where he had been Corporal. However, his first attempt at joining the army failed. He was rejected because of poor teeth and feet. On 24 December, 1915, he left Australia on HMT A32 Themistocles He must have taked action on his health, because when he re-attested, at sea on his way to Egypt on 24 February, 1916, there was no comment on his records of any problem.

On 4 April, 1916, his record shows a charge of desertion, but nothing came of it, with Base Records, Victoria Barracks, Melbourne, writing on 17 April 'I have to inform you that No. 4510, Private G.W. Henry, 14th Reinforcements, 5th Battalion, was shown on the Nominal Roll as not embarking. The Staff Paymaster now advises Henry is on the staff of his unit.' A Hasset. It's very difficult to understand what happened and why he was working in the Paymaster's Office, without his previous unit being notified. On 31 March, he had been taken on strength with the 46th Battalion at Serapeum, after training at Zeitoun on 19 April. He had then been unwell and sent to hospital, rejoining the 46th Battalion on 27 April. From here, he left with his battalion to France, embarking from Alexandria on 2 May and landing at Marseilles on 8 May.

George Henry's skills as a clerk must have been well known by then. On 4 June, he was moved from the 46th Battalion to join the Ordnance Service, from which administrative, supply and demolition needs were organised. Ordnance took care of ammunition, operator supplies, clerical information, provided food technicians and even laundries. On 21 August, 1916, he was promoted to Acting Corporal in the field and on 13 April, 1917, to Sergeant. On 21 August, he ceased to be attached to the Ordnance Corps, and went back to England to train the reinforcements that had arrived with just basic training from Australia. Unfortunately, his record doesn't say where he was stationed or with which Training Brigade, but he was serving as Warrant Officer with the Deputy Commissioner of Ordnance Services.

According to George Henry's father, his son was to return to Australia in early to mid-1919. In fact, he stayed on, presumably to help with the massive task of repatriation of Australian servicemen and the sites on which they had lived and trained. He set out for Australia on 5 February, 1920, on the same ship which had brought him over, the Themistocles. He was discharged from the army on 22 May, 1920, in Melbourne.

That same year, 1920, he married Alice Isgar. In the 1930s, they were living at Revilo Flats, Wood St. Manly. He was working as a traveller (commercial travelling salesman). He kept this position until at least 1943, but his later records in the Electoral Rolls of the 1950s and 1960s, show him as living at 14 Lord St, Roseville, Bradford, NSW, with his occupation. Company Director. The last entry for George Henry was in 1968, living at the same addfress and still a Company Director. By then he would have been 75 years old.