Sidney Charles BUSBY

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Service Number:	7208
Enlisted:	26 February 1916
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies
Born:	Lambeth, London, England, 25 May 1886
Home Town:	St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Telephone Mechanic
Died:	Shell blast, France, 29 April 1918, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Caestre Military Cemetery
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1, Postmaster General's Department Victoria 2

26 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7208
19 Feb 1917:	Involvement Private, 7208, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
19 Feb 1917:	Embarked Private, 7208, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne
20 Jun 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies
29 Apr 1918:	Involvement Sapper, 7208, 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 7208 awm_unit: 1st Australian Division Signals Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1918-04-29

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