First Name	Bill
Last Name	Hendrickson
Rank, or rank last held	MWO
Serving or Retired / Year Retired	Retired 1985
Regular or Reserve Forces & Element	Regular / Land
Year Enrolled & # of Years Served	1957 / 28
E-mail address's Home/Work	bill-hendrickson (at) canada (dot) com

 

Current Posting if serving	N/A
Current Position if serving or last position held
Date retired	1985
Medals, Honours & Awards	CD / NATO

 

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Home phone / Cell phone #'s
Work phone #	Don't do that any more
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Family Information

Spouse / Partner	Sharon Hendrickson
Children's names & ages

 

If retired, what are doing currently doing?

Nothing

History of service / Bio (please be somewhat detailed)

Joined the RCASC in June 1957, basic training 74 platoon. Did driver training twice as they were really trying to make a driver out of me.    Posted to 4 Tpt Coy Winnipeg as a driver in 1958. It seemed the only time I drove was on exercise, and it was always the kitchen truck, hence my remuster to cook in 1959.    First posting as a cook was 1 RCHA in Dellinghofen Germany 1959. I RCHA was sent back to Canada in 1960 and 3 RCHA had its full allotment of cooks so they posted me to 1 Fld Amb in Werl Germany .    From Germany I was posted to 3 Fld Sqn Eng in Chillawack . Promoted to Cpl then back to Germany , 1 Fld Detention Barracks, one of my most enjoyable postings.    The Det Bks closed its doors in 1967 so they sent me to cook for General Amy at his residence  (Hill Top House) I cooked for him for one year then General Gardner for two years. Promoted to Sergeant and took over Sgts Mess in Fort Henry .    Next posting was to CFB Comox in 1970. At that time I seen how the other side lived and was kicking my self for not joining the Air Force first, then again I enjoyed my self in the Army. It was a short lived posting as 1 PPCLI in Calgary needed a Sgt cook ASAP and I was posted back to the Army.    Stayed with 1 PPCLI till 1973 then posted to CFB Esquimalt and HMCS Kootenay . Promoted to WO and was posted to CFB Borden as I/C A 153 Kitchen in 1975.    Back to Germany , 4 Svc Bn Lahr in 1977. From there to 3 PPCLI  in Victoria 1981 , Promoted to MWO. Stayed in Victoria till my release in 1985.    Militia HQ in Vancouver heard of my release and asked if I would take over food services at Namiamo Military Camp for the summer, which I gladly accepted.    There I meet a real cute Navy cook who was to become my wife.    Wow, now I was a dependent husband, and off to CFB Cold Lake for five years.( That was the longest I ever stayed in one place.) During our time there I was employed as bar manager then Mess manager of the Officers Mess.    My sweet wife was then posted to CFB Penhold in 1990. Now that was a dream posting compared to Cold Lake , winters were not - 40 weeks on end.    I worked as a Food Service officer at the penitentiary (Bowden) till Sharon and I decided we had enough of this stuff called work in 1992.    Sold our house in Penhold and bought a 35’ fifth wheel and headed south for the winters ( Yuma Arizona ). When we returned in the spring we stayed at the Base camp grounds for the summer then headed south again for the winter. Did that till 1994. In 1994 we purchased ½ acre at Gull Lake and built a bungalow. Stayed in our house in the summer and back south again for the winter. Did that till 2000 then sold our place in Yuma AZ. Now just enjoying our life too it’s fullest at the Lake .  Units served; 4 TPT Coy Winnipeg 58-59    1 RCHA Germany 59-60  1 Fld Amb Germany 60-61  3 Fld Sqn Chilliwack 61-65  1 Fld Det Bks Germany 65-67  Hill Top House Germany 4 CIBG 67-70  CFB Comox 70-71  1 PPCLI Calgary 71-73  CFB Esquimalt 73-74  HMCS Kootney 74-75  CFB Borden 75-77  4 Svc Bn Germany 77-81  3 PPLCI Victoria 81-85

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