269 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND HENDERSON (COUSINS), Olive G. Olive was born in Toronto, Ontario on August 18, 1921. She enlisted in the Navy in November 1942 and was sent to Niagara Falls for Central Stores training, then put on staff in Galt for one year. She was then sent to Shelburne, NS, with one WREN. She stayed with the Army girls until their barracks were readied down by the docks where the ships came in. One very interesting thing was the large gate that closed off the entrance to the harbour to keep the enemy out. Olive then got overseas assignment to Newfoundland for one year. She was then sent out to the west coast, but the war ended while she was on the train. After the war, she and her WREN friends hitched a ride to Daytona Beach on an airplane. Olive was discharged in November 1945. HENDERSON, Robert Calvin “Bob” Robert was born in Petrolia, Ontario on September 9, 1923. He enlisted in the Canadian Army on February 4, 1943 and served with the No. 5 Special Employment Co. in Montreal, Quebec during World War II. He was on Guard Duty at Ste. Anne de Belleville in Montreal guarding forty German Prisoners of War. He rode on the same rail cars train to San Francisco, California guarding uranium for atomic bombs. He had a good trip, returning to Montreal via first class. He was discharged on April 16, 1946 and was awarded the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal. After the war, he sailed on 10L Tanker Ships. He got his Station Engineer license and worked at the Esso plant in Sarnia, ON, and retired in 1986. Robert married and had one son; he had two brothers who also served in the Canadian Army, Raymond and Burton Henderson. Robert passed away on February 10, 2004. HENDERSON, Raymond Thomas Raymond was born in Sparta, Ontario on January 22, 1909. He enlisted in the Canadian Army 1st Div. in 1939. Private Henderson served in Great Britain, Europe, Africa and Sicily, Italy. Raymond served with the Canadian Postal Corp and delivered mail by jeep to the front lines during World War II. When war was over in 1945, he had the opportunity for further education and went to Leavesten, Hertfordshire University (Khaki Univ) and got his BA. In December 1945, they were offered two weeks leave and transportation to any place of their choice, within reason, three of them, Ray Henderson, Jamieson and Ken Hartley chose Cork, Ireland and all kissed the Blarney Stone. He returned to Canada and started working with Sarnia Customs in September 1946. In June 1957, he moved to London as a customs appraiser supervisor. He retired on March 31, 1973. Raymond got married on March 13, 1948 and had two daughters. He had two brothers who served in the Canadian Army. He was a member of Victory Legion Branch 317. Raymond passed away on October 21, 1992.
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