BUSINE, Sydney Herbert Thomas
Service Number: | NX77799 |
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Enlisted: | 10 December 1941 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia, 4 April 1918 |
Home Town: | Kingsford, Randwick, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Glass worker |
Died: | Malnutrition whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, Burma, 20 September 1943, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) Plot A3, Row C, Grave 5. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX77799, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion | |
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10 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX77799, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion |
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Son of Francis Sydney and Charlotte Bertha Busine; husband of Rheita Ann Busine, of Kingsford, New South Wales, Australia.
EVER REMEMBERED BY ALL FOR DOING HIS DUTY
Married in 1939 to Rheita Ann Madden.
He was employed as a Glass Worker by Crown Crystal Glass, Bourke Street, Waterloo.
Survived by his wife and two sons, Herb and Jim, his parents and brother Jack and sister Joyce.
BUSINE.—In loving memory of NX77799, Pte. S. H. T. Busine, 2/30th Btn., died Thailand, P.O.W. camp, September 20, 1943.
Always remembered by his loving wife, and sons, Herb and Jim.
BUSINE.—NX77799, Pte. S. H. T. (Herb), died P.O.W., September 20, 1943. Missed by those who loved him, Mum, Dad, Jack, also Nan and Uncle Sid.