Basil Charles BUSUTTIN

BUSUTTIN, Basil Charles

Service Number: 3260
Enlisted: 7 May 1917, Townsville, Qld.
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 42nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Kalamia, Ayr, Queensland, Australia, 25 October 1894
Home Town: Proserpine, Whitsunday, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: 5 August 1970, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Proserpine General Cemetery, Qld
C2 GRAVE 497
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Biography contributed by Lyn Burke

Son of Giuseppe Giovani and Sarah Stanley BUSUTTIN nee WARD, Proserpine, Bowen Line, Queensland

Basil married Alberta Foxlee in Proserpine on the 20.8.1919, and they had 4 sons, Stan, Basil, Bert and Bill (who was a priest at St Catherine’s Catholic Church of Proserpine). He worked at a variety of occupations, carrying co., the first Shell agency, taxi, fish shop, cane farm and in 1950 he worked for the Post Office until 1959, when he retired. Basil Busuttin passed away on the 5.8.1970 at the age of 75 years. Buried in Proserpine Old Cemetery, section C2 GRAVE 497

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