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Busch F J   Pte  2592

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Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

 

2592 Pte F J Busch, All -Australia Memorial. Victoria.  p59

 

Busch F J     Pte    2592    Frederick Joseph         21 Inf Bn    39    Wood machinist    Single    Meth

Address:    Moonee Ponds, Young St, 40   

Next of Kin:    Busch, D H L, father, 40 Young St, Moonee Ponds    

Enlisted:    17 Jul 1915        

Embarked:     RMS Moldavia 5 Oct 1915    

 

Private F. J. Busch, son of Mr. L Busch,  Moonee Ponds, is suffering from depressed fractured head, and gunshot wounds, sustained in France. He is now in hospital in London, and is progressing.

 

ROLL OF HONOR. (1916, September 7). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: Morning.. Retrieved February 6, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74594049

 

Mrs and Mr. L. Busch have received a letter from their son, Private F. J. Busch, 21st Battalion, who is now in Evington Military Hospital, London, being well cared for. He has been in a very critical state. He was wounded in the head by shrapnel on 1st August in tle Somme battle. He has had assistance from the Australian Red Cross, for which he is thankful; also an abundance of kindness from all visitors, including doctors and sisters.

 

ROLL OF HONOR. (1916, October 5). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 3 Edition: Morning.. Retrieved February 12, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74594333

 

 

 

Mentioned in this Publication:

All-Australia Memorial.  Victoria.

"BUSCH, F. J., Pte No. 2592, "A"
Coy., 21st Batt.; s. of Mr. and Mrs.
L. Busch, "Linden," 40 Young-st,
Moonee Ponds; b. at Talbot, Nov.
27, 1876; educ. Kensington SS.; wood
machinist ; enl. Melb. July 19, 1915.
War service: Egypt: Sinai ; France
(wounded at Battle of Somme, Aug.
1, 1916, sustaining fracture of head;
inv. 4th Gen. Hosp., Fr.); trsfd, Aug.
16, N. Evington Hosp, Eng.; ret.
to Aust.. Dec. 8, 1916; dis. med. unfit,
March 23, 1917. 616 days in A.I.F.;
431 days on active service".

 

 

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