William John BUSS

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Service Numbers:	S29058, SX12180
Enlisted:	5 August 1940, Torrens Hall, SA
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia , 3 April 1918
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Storeman and Packer
Died:	Illness, New Guinea, 25 December 1942, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 1. Row E. Grave 15. Inscription: "DEARLY LOVED BY ALL"
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

5 Aug 1940:	Enlisted S29058
5 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Torrens Hall, SA
5 Aug 1940:	Involvement S29058
9 Apr 1941:	Involvement Lance Corporal, SX12180, 27th Infantry Battalion
9 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
9 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, SX12180, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
25 Dec 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion, Died of scrub typhus, New Guinea.
Date unknown:	Involvement

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