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Able Seaman Stanley Albert Bushby

Commemorated at
Memorial Name
Ingleburn RSL Memorial
Given name
Stanley A
Family name
Bushby
Gender
Male
Service number
311390/164282
Place of enlistment
Sydney, NSW
Conflicts
Second World War, 1939–45
Fate
Returned to Australia (RTA)
Fate date
28 September 1944
Additional information
Place of birth
Marrcikville, NSW
Occupation
Ironmonger
Marital status
Single
Next of kin
Ebenezer Bushby (father)
Enlistment date
Wed, 3 May 1939
Rank on enlistment
Able Seaman
Rank from Nominal Roll
Able Seaman
Last held rank
Able Seaman
Unit on enlistment
Merchant Navy
Unit at time of death or end of service
Merchant Navy
Veteran Notes/Bio

Stanley Albert Bushby was born in 1913 in Marrickville, NSW, to parents Ebenezer Bushby and Florence Eliza Moss. Stanley served in the CMF Militia Forces from 1932 to 1938, as a gunner. When the Second World War broke out in 1939, Stanley enlisted in the Merchant Navy as an Able Seaman. He served on the Queen Mary and the Rona. In 1942, Stanley married Martine Joyce Green. Stanley died on 31 July 1997, aged 83.

Australian Government's Department of Veterans' Affairs - Stanley A Bushby
National Archives of Australia - Service records, Stanley A Bushby

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Recorded by
Joan Cross