HENDERSON, Hugh Arthur
| Service Number: | 145711 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 December 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Maryborough, Victoria, Australia, 1 November 1925 |
| Home Town: | Maryborough, Central Goldfields, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Frankston, Victoria, Australia, 3 June 2015, aged 89 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Bunurong Memorial Park, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Wareek & District Progress Association Roll of Honour WW2 |
World War 2 Service
| 1 Dec 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 145711 | |
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| 20 Feb 1946: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 145711 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Hugh was the son of Thomas Arthur Henderson (b1890 in Amherst, Victoria) and Dorothy Henderson (b1895 in Mysia, Victoria). Thomas - a Labourer - and Dorothy married in 1921 in Maryborough, Victoria where they raised their family.
Hugh was eighteen years of age in 1943 when he enlisted in the RAAF. He was a Leading Aircraftman (Service No:145711) attached to 7 Operational Training Unit when he was Discharged in February 1946. Hugh's father Thomas (Private; Service No:V361273) served with the ACMF in WWII.
Hugh was working as a Carpenter in Warwek, Maryborough, Victoria in 1950 when he married Valma (Val) Jean Smart (b1925 in Ararat, Victoria) - Val was a Clerk. Hugh and Val settled in Maryborough where Hugh worked as a Carpenter until the late 1960's. In the early 1970s they moved to Frankston, where Hugh worked as a Teacher. Hugh and Val both died in 2015.