Service Details
Name:
 BUSBY
Given Name:
 JAMES FRED
Initials:
 J F
Service No:
 C/288218
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Cape Corps, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 1 Anti-Tank Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1941-12-09
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Date of Birth:
 1906-03-15
Age:
 35
Cause of Death:
 Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason)
Additional
Information:
Son of George and Selina Busby; husband of Maria F. Busby, of 14, 10th Avenue, Bokmakerie, Hazendal, Cape Town. Reported missing after a battle on 23 November 1941 and confirmed as a POW on 16 February 1942. A bricklayer.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 152.

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