Roy Terrence BUSHBY

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BUSHBY, Roy Terrence

Service Numbers:	W40610, WX29691, F/4762
Enlisted:	13 January 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	HMAS Gladstone (I)
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, 17 October 1922
Home Town:	Victoria Park, Victoria Park, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cheese Maker/Farm Labourer
Died:	Victoria Park, Perth, Western Australia, 16 May 2003, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Nannup Cemetery, Western Australia
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World War 2 Service

13 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W40610, 11th (WA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
8 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX29691, 11 Infantry Battalion AMF
9 Dec 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX29691, 11 Infantry Battalion AMF
10 Dec 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, F/4762, HMAS Cerberus (Shore)
7 May 1946:	Discharged Royal Australian Navy, F/4762, HMAS Gladstone (I)

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Able Seaman Roy Terrence Bushby (Service No:F4762) initially served in the Army (Service Nos:W40610/WX29691) as a Private attached to 11th Battalion - ACMF from 13 January 1942 and AIF from 8 July 1942 to 9 December 1942. Ordinary Seaman Bushby enlisted in the RAN on 10 December 1942, and served on HMAS Cerberus, Gladstone and Moreton. Able Seaman Bushby was attached to HMAS Gladstone at Discharge on 7 March 1946.

Roy was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1922, only child of William (Stan) Job Bushby (b1896 in Greta, Hunter Valley, New South Wales) and his first wife Effie Eileen Meldrum (b1904 in Fremantle, Western Australia). Stan served in the AIF in WWI (Private; Service No:4303), and was a Cooper in Fremantle in 1921 when he and Effie married - by 1923 they had separated, and divorced in 1927. Roy remarried in Perth in 1930 to Eliza (Lila) Turbett (b1908 in Brunswick, Western Australia), and settled in Victoria Park where he and Lila raised their family and Stan worked as a Cooper. Stan and Lila retired to Safety Bay in the late 1960s.

Roy was working in Victoria Park, Perth as a Cheese Maker/Farm Labourer in 1942 when he enlisted in the Army. Following his Discharge from the RAN in 1946, Roy was working in Perth as a Postman in 1947 when he married Muriel Smith (b1924 in Busselton, Western Australia). Roy and Muriel lived in Perth, Fremantle and Carnarvon - Roy worked as a Seaman and Labourer. Muriel died in 1993 and Roy in 2003.

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