Kaspar George (Kap) HENKEL

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HENKEL, Kaspar George

Service Number:	N257564
Enlisted:	24 June 1942, Belmore, NSW
Last Rank:	Staff Sergeant
Last Unit:	1st (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia , 31 May 1906
Home Town:	Campsie, Canterbury, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 15 July 1968, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mona Vale Cemetery, Northern Beaches Council, New South Wales
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World War 2 Service

24 Jun 1942:	Involvement N257564
24 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Belmore, NSW
24 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, N257564, 1st (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
14 Sep 1945:	Discharged
14 Sep 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, N257564, 1st (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Staff Sergeant Kaspar George Henkel (Service No:N257564) initially served in the Militia (Private: Service No:135663) with 36 Battalion from 30 April 1920 to 17 August 1922. Staff Sergeant Henkel served in the ACMF with 28 Battalion VDC from 24 June 1942 to 14 September 1945.

Kap was born in Broken Hill, New South Wales in 1906, eldest 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 was a Police Constable when he and Millie married in 1905 in Broken Hill. They lived in Broken Hill, Hillston and Sydney, where they raised their family and Frederick was a Police Constable (Badge No:8230).

Kap started work in Sydney as a Clerk, and in 1932 married Gwendoline (Gwen) Ruby Thelma Davies (b1908 in Sydney, New South Wales) - Gwen was an Elocution Teacher. Kap and Gwen settled in Sydney, where they raised their family and Kap worked as a Salesman until his death in 1968. Gwen died in 1983.

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