HENKEL, Victor Frederick
| Service Number: | 62189 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 February 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots |
| Born: | Hillston, New South Wales, Australia, 6 August 1909 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney Technical College, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Sales Manager |
| Died: | Taree, New South Wales, Australia, 25 March 1983, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Redbank Cemetery Pampoolah, New South Wales, Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 16 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 62189, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots | |
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| 2 Jan 1946: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 62189, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Sergeant Victor Frederick Henkel (Service No:62189) served in the Militia (Private; Service No:136408) with 36 Battalion from 28 March 1924 to 16 February 1925. Aircraftman I Henkel enlisted in the RAAF on 16 February 1942 at No 2 Recruiting Centre Sydney and was posted to 1 Aircraft Depot Laverton - mustered as Carpenter General - and was described in his Attestation Papers as 'Good intelligent type. Neat appearance, pleasant manner. Good athlete' (NAA). Promoted to Corporal on 25 April 1943, he served with 11 Repair and Salvage Unit (RSU) at Coominya QLD, in 1944 at Nadzeb and Noemfoor, and in 1945 in Morotai. Sergeant Henkel was attached to 2 Aircraft Depot at Discharge on 2 January 1946.
Vic was born in Hillston, New South Wales in 1909, youngest of two children of Frederick Carl Henkel (b1878 in Grafton, New South Wales) and Amelia (Millie) Teresa Foreman (b1880 in Clare, South Australia). Frederick worked as a Labourer in Bellingen, and on 20 April 1904 was sworn in as a Police Constable (No:8230). Frederick and Millie married in 1904, and lived in Broken Hill, Hillston and Sydney, where they raised their family and Frederick was a Police Constable.
Vic started work as a Labourer at Gold Ribbon Preserving Coy before serving a five year apprenticeship as a Cabinetmaker with Gibbs Bright & Coy. In 1936 he married Catherine (Kit) Antoinette Hennessy (b1910 in Sydney, New South Wales). Vic and Kit settled in Sydney, where they raised their family and Vic was Sales Manager in 1942 when he enlisted in the RAAF. Following his Discharge, Vic and Kit settled in Sydney, where Vic worked as a Salesman, Sales Manager and Agent until retirement. Both Vic and Kit died in Taree - Kit in 1980 and Vic in 1983.
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