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BUSS, Basil Stockton
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 7472 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 February 1917, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 19 July 1889 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Burnt to Death in House Fire, Wynnum, Queensland, Australia, 28 August 1946, aged 57 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Bed 1, Area 14 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 23 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7472, 15th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Qld. | |
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| 14 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 7472, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 7472, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Hororata, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of George BUSS and Edith nee WARLAND
Husband of Wilhelmina nee MILLAR
BURNED TO DEATH
BRISBANE, August 29. - Basil Stockton Buss, 55, proprietor of the Corner House Cafe, Wynnum, was found burnt to death in his bed this morning. The police believe that he fell asleep while smoking a cigarette and that the bedclothing ignited. Buss was badly burnt and there was nothing to indicate that he had attempted to escape. Buss lived alone at the cafe.
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