George Cyril BUSBY

George Cyril BUSBY Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

Service Number:	1523
Enlisted:	5 January 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Watford, Hertfordshire, England, 1892
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Callow Land Elementary Boys School, Watford, Hertfordshire, England
Occupation:	Valet
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 3 September 1915
Cemetery:	Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Plot 11, Row D, Grave 17, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey, Hill 60 Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

5 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1523, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
11 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1523, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
11 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1523, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Sydney

Help us honour George Cyril Busby's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Arrived in Australia aged 16 years

Next of kin given as his sister S Jones of 968X, Pinner Police Station, Middlesex, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal