Busby, Frederick William Merewether

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Arts and Eng. : Lieutenant, A Coy., 156th Division, R.F.A., B.E.F., France. Sailing privately in March, 1915, to join King Edward''s Horse, joined R.F.A. in England as second-lieutenant and crossed to France early in 1916, fighting in Serre-Beaumont Hamel region and later with A Coy. near Armentieres till death. Killed in Action, near Pozieres, 11 th February, 1917, and buried in Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension. Early education at Sydney Church of England Grammar School. Later at St. Paul's College.

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1892

Birth in Waverley -- NSW, Australia 1 April 1892
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Early education at Sydney Church of England Grammar School, North Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
1915

Military service as Lieutenant at France --, France 1915
1915

Enlisted 1915
1917

Death in Pozières -- Somme, France 11 February 1917

Gender

Male

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