Arty Vivian HENDERSON

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HENDERSON, Arty Vivian

Service Number:	W70785
Enlisted:	26 April 1942
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	14th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Boyup Brook, Western Australia, 18 March 1920
Home Town:	Boyup Brook, Boyup Brook, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Boyup Brook, Western Australia, 3 August 1985, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Boyup Brook Public Cemetery, Western Australia
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World War 2 Service

26 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, W70785, 14th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Date unknown:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, W70785, 14th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Lance Corporal Arty Vivian Henderson (Service No:W70785) served in the ACMF with 5 and 14 Battalions VDC from 26 April 1942 to 31 July 1944 (Reserves List). Brothers Gordon, Don and Bert also served in the ACMF.

Arty was born in Boyup Brook, Western Australia in 1920, youngest of seven children of William John Henderson (b1876 in Natumuk, Victoria) and Elsie May Nash (b1883 in Goolwa, South Australia). In 1900 William was a Carter in Mildura, where he and Elsie married. By 1904 the family had moved to Western Australia, where they lived briefly in Perth then settled at Scotts Brook via Boyup Brook, where they raised their family and William was a Farmer.

Arty was a Farmer in Boyup Brook in 1941 when, in Blackwood, he married Gwendoline (Gwen) Nellie Johnson (b1917 in Adelaide, South Australia (Gwen's sister Melba married Arty's older brother Bert). Arty and Gwen settled in Boyup Brook, where they raised their family and Arty was a Farmer. Arty died in 1985 and Gwen in 2007.

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