William Sampson BUSH

Surname: BUSH

Christian Names: William Sampson

Date & Place of Birth: Canning Town, England

Service Number: 2302

Service Unit: 32^nd Battalion

Date & Place of Enlistment: 23^rd November, 1915, Adelaide, aged 43

Profession prior to Enlistment: Engineer, Fireman

Date of Return to Aust. & Date of Discharge: Ret: 24^th August, 1918, Disch 6^th December, 1918

Cardiac weakness

Next of Kin (NOK) Address Friend: Mrs Charles Anderson, Kingscote KI

Father:

Mother:

Other: Wife (1) Alice (nee Molen) 3^rd September, 1899

Child by 1^st Wife: William Sampson Bush 22^nd November, 1900 also deceased.

Wife (2) Josephine (nee Howard) 1^st April, 1905 (aged 21) left husband at Iron knob to come to the city.

Service

Egypt: Yes

France: Yes

Campaign Medals: 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Rank: Private

Kingscote Honour Board Yes

Penneshaw Honour Board Yes

KI Connection:

Friend Charles Anderson ?

Possibly a yacca gum contractor:

The list of Islanders who have volunteered for service at the front is steadily increasing, and the number now totals 53. The completion of gumming contracts last week made it possible for several previously engaged in this work to offer their services, and these, who successfully passed and went into camp on Tuesday, were Messrs W. Spicer, D. Macintosh, W. S. Bush, and S. S. Morgan. Mr T. C Thomas, who went into camp some weeks ago, has been discharged on account of being medically unfit. LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS (1915, November 27). The Kangaroo Island Courier (Kingscote, SA : 1907 - 1951), p. 4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article189512432