BUSHELL, Robert Montgomery Ferguson
| Service Numbers: | SX38108, S43973 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 7 May 1942, Wayville, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Small Ship Company |
| Born: | Medindie, South Australia, 25 August 1914 |
| Home Town: | Birkenhead, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Seaman |
| Died: | Accidental (drowned), New Guinea, 15 December 1945, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery No known grave - Panel No.2 - Name also located panel 85 at the AWM, Lae Memorial, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lae Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 7 May 1942: | Enlisted Private, SX38108, Wayville, South Australia | |
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| 8 May 1942: | Involvement S43973 | |
| 4 Jan 1944: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX38108 | |
| 26 Sep 1944: | Involvement Sapper, SX38108, 16th Small Ship Company, Milne Bay - Papua New Guinea WW2 | |
| 19 Oct 1944: | Embarked Private, SX38108, Taroona | |
| 15 Dec 1945: | Involvement Private, SX38108, 16th Small Ship Company | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Born 25 August 1914 in Medindie, South Australia
(SA Birth record 1907 - 1928. Book : 61A Page : 2 District : Ade.)
Father Alfred Ernest BUSHELL and Mother Jane Montgomery (nee FERGUSON)
5 Cragie Street, Birkenhead, SA.
(Feb 1946 mother advised change of address 22a Tapp St, Rosewater, SA).
Previous service:
S43973 Private in 4 Grn Battalion
S43973 Private in 4 A Adv Amn Depot
S43973 Sapper in 16 AWT Op Company
23/4/1942 Described on enlisting as 27 years 4 months old; single; Methodist
23/4/1942 completed medical at Port Adelaide, SA
7/5/1942 Enlisted at Wayville, South Australia
called up and commenced FTD
25/5/1942 marched out to 4th Gave B4
6/8/1942 Evacuated to 101 Australian General Hospital (fractured Fibula)
17/9/1942 marched out to rejoin unit 4 Grn Btn, Warradale
13/9/1943 transferred to 4th Australian Adv Amn Depot
8/10/1943 entrained to 3rd Australian Training Group
Described on enlisting as 29 years old; single; light hair; grey eyes
tattoos on both forearms (sailing ship & cross); Methodist;
4/1/1944 Oath of enlisment Mount Martha, Victoria
31/1/1944 transferred to AIF and allotted service # SX38108 in Victoria
22/3/1944 reverted to rank of Sapper
26/9/1944 transferred in from 16 Australian Small Ships Company
26/9/1944 transferred out to HQ 3 Aust W/Transport Group RAE AIF, Victoria
19/10/1944 Embarked from Townsville on board Taroona
23/10/1944 disembarked into Lae, New Guinea
31/3/1945 transferred out to 16 Aust Small Ship Company
14/12/1915 Noted as "Missing - believed drowned"
1/2/1946 Court of Inquiry stated:
Private Bushell fell overboard from a moared dinghy to AV2049, at Milford Haven.
An accident whilst on duty.
15/12/1945 accidental drowning - died in action in WWII
as a Sapper, in the Royal Australian Engineers, 16 Small Ships Company
NO KNOWN GRAVE
His name is commemorated on Panel No.2 at the LAE Memorial, within the LAE Cemetery,
in Lae, New Guinea.
Medals: (posted to mother 4/3/1953)
1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War medal; ASM
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 29/3/2015. Lest we forget.
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