James BUSHBY

BUSHBY, James

    Service Number: 898
    Enlisted: 24 June 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
    Last Rank: Driver
    Last Unit: 14th Field Artillery Brigade
    Born: East Hartlepool, England, 1885
    Home Town: Cuballing, Cuballing, Western Australia
    Schooling: State School, Cuballing, Western Australian
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, Ypres, France, 12 August 1917
    Cemetery: Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, Vlamertinghe, Flanders, Belgium
    Plot V111, Row D, Grave 14 Headstone inscription reads: Father and Mother weep not for me nor wish me back again
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cuballing War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    24 Jun 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 898, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
    18 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 898, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
    18 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 898, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
    15 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Transferred from the 32nd Battalion to the 5th Field Artillery at Tel-el-Kebir
    21 Aug 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , In the field
    21 Aug 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , In the field
    12 Aug 1917: Involvement Driver, 898, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 898 awm_unit: 14 Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1917-08-12

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Arrived in Australia aged 1 and a half years

    Son of James and Honor Sophia Bushby of 'Rosedale Farm', Cuballing, WA. Brother of Miss B Bushby and Alfred Bushby who returned to Australia on 4 January 1919 having served with the 51st Battalion and is buried in the Yacca Cemetery, SA

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

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