William James BUSH

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BUSH, William James

Service Number:	31340
Enlisted:	18 September 1916, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Casterton, Glenelg, Victoria
Schooling:	State School & High School, Kangaroo Flat, Vic. Teachers' Training College, Melbourne, Victoria
Occupation:	School teacher
Died:	Died of wounds, Ebblinghem, France, 5 May 1918
Cemetery:	Ebblinghem Military Cemetery Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 23, Ebblinghem Military Cemetery, Ebblinghem, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Casterton War Memorial, Kangaroo Flat Soldiers Memorial, Parkville Old State College Memorial Windows

World War 1 Service

18 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 31340, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Melbourne, Vic.
23 Dec 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 31340, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
23 Dec 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 31340, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , RMS Orontes, Sydney
30 Jul 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery, Belgium. As Private.
20 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 31340, 2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery, Menin Road
4 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 31340, 2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery, Broodseinde Ridge
14 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 31340, 2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery, German Spring Offensive 1918, Hazebrouck
4 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 31340, 2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery, German Spring Offensive 1918, SW to abdomen, back and right arm sustained in the line at Strazeele. Evacuated to 15th CCS however died of wounds next day 5 May 1918.
5 May 1918:	Involvement Private, 31340, 2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 31340 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-05-05

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

31340 Gunner (later Private) William James Bush, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade (later 2nd Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery) of Kangaroo Flat via Bendigo, Victoria.

A school teacher prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard RMS Orontes on 23 December 1916.

On 4 May 1918, he was wounded in action on the front line at Strazeele, France and died of his wounds in the 15th Casualty Clearing Station, Ebblinghem, France on 5 May 1918, aged 23. He is buried in the Ebblinghem Military Cemetery, France.

Source: AWM

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