BUSHELL H.T.J.

Given Names:  Herbert Thomas Joseph

Service Number:  38029

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade, 12th reinforcements                                                              

Rank:  Gunner 

Paybook Number: 

Age:  26 Yrs  8 Mths

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Roman Catholic

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8½ In                  

Weight:  162 Lbs

Chest:  34-37 In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  12/4/1917

Place:  Broadmeadows

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Gwendoline Mary Bushell

129 Brougham Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                 

Embarkation Date:  9/11/1917

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Port Sydney A15

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Capricornia                                     

Embarked:  8/8/1918                                 

Disembarked:  4/10/1918

Unit:  Artillery Details                                                                                                                    

Rank:  Gunner

Discharge Date:  19/10/1918                     

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  61443

Victory Medal:  Not earned

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1890

Place:  Fairfield, Victoria                          

Father:  Thomas BUSHELL                      

Mother:  Ida Mary KING

MARRIAGE

Year:  1911     

Place:  Gwendoline                                  

Spouse: Mary BURKE

DEATH

Date or Year: 1/4/1949                            

Place: Kew, Victoria                                

Burial:  Box Hill Cemetery, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Originally enlisted 19/9/1916 (V53285) to 10/4/1917 (for service in Australia)

Discharged due to chronic synovitis, right knee

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Hawthorn Town Hall

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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