BUSKIN, George Arthur Keith
| Service Numbers: | 318, 22781 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 January 1916, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Habber, British East India, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Fort Street School |
| Occupation: | Proof Reader Sydney Morning Herald |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 3 November 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
The Huts Cemetery, Dickebusch, Belgium The Huts Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Petersham Fort Street High School Great War Honour Roll, Sydney Morning Herald and Sydney Mail Record of War Service |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Bombardier, 318, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Bombardier, 318, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 4 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 22781, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Sydney, NSW | |
| 3 Nov 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 318, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 318 awm_unit: 1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-11-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
George Arthur Keith Buskin was the second son of the late Mr. Alexander buskin, planter, of gorakpur, India and of Mrs. Laura Buskin, now of Longport House, Canterbury, England. He was born in 1894, was educated at the Fort Street School, and was on the clerical staff of the Sydney Morning Herlad when he enlisted.
Upon the outbreak of war he offered his services, and was accepted as a Gunner in the Filed Artillery, being attached to the Third Battery and sailing from Australia in October, 1914. He served throught the Gallipoli campaign, after which he was invalided to England. He rejoined his unit in France in August, 1917, and fell in action at Anzac Ridge, Polygon Wood, on November 3 of that year.
His only borther, Lieutenant Frank Buskin, of the 6th Light Horse (a son in-law of Mr. S.H. Fiarland) was killed in Gallipoli, while the husband of his only sister, Lieutenant Antram, Royal Navy, also lost his life while in command of a British submarine.