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Ray Wilberforce BUSHELL

Regimental number4152
Place of birthBarraba, New South Wales
SchoolBarraba Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMercer
AddressNamoi, Manilla, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs I Bushell, Hornsby, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date4 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name13th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/30/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 20 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll45th Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Military Medal


Recommendation date: 16 October 1917

Other details from Roll of Honour CircularAwarded the Military Medal.
FateKilled in Action 18 September 1918
Place of death or woundingSt Quentin, France
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialJeancourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot V, Row D, Grave No. 5), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
139
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred and Isabella BUSHELL, Forbes Street, Hornsby, New South Wales. Born at Barraba, New South Wales
Medals

Military Medal


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No 75
Date: 27 June 1918

Family/military connectionsBrother: 12 Sergeant Athol Homer BUSHELL, 33rd Bn, killed in action, Ypres, Belgium, 25 February 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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