Soldier profiles

Name : BUSH, RONALD WILLIAM
Service Number : NX201119
Date of Birth : 23/01/1922
Place of Birth : PELAW MAIN, NSW
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : COAL MINER
Date of Enlistment : 18/05/1943
Locality on Enlistment : PELAW MAIN, NSW
Place of Enlistment : PADDINGTON, NSW
Next of Kin : BUSH, HAROLD
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : BORNEO, NEW GUINEA
Actions : TARAKAN (BORNEO), BALIKPAPAN (BORNEO)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 02/10/1946
Date Died : 24/06/1982
Age at Death : 60
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : MULBRING UNITING CHURCH CEMETERY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA. PORTION UNITING
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 5563917 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Headstone

Background : Son of Harold Victor Bush. Husband of Mavis Bush (died 13/03/1964). Marriage registration number 5773/1948 (Mavis nee Stevens) in Kurri Kurri District. Father of Kenneth William Bush (26/09/1948-14/01/2006). Tried to enlist 14/10/1941 when 19 years old and a truck driver.

Service & personal summary At enlistment : single. No previous military experience. At discharge : height 6 feet 5 inches, grey eyes, fair complexion, brown hair. Marital status : single. Marks / scars : scar right chin Full time war service : A.I.F. 14/05/1943 to 02/10/1946 which included 1238 days active service (791 days within Australia & 447 days overseas). Operational service : Borneo area, embarked from Australia 16/03/1945, disembarked in Australia 05/06/1946. War badge no. A347349 (replaced when lost by A403618). Discharge certificate no. 472424.

Service record.
14/05/1943 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Sydney, New South Wales.
21/05/1943 Marched out to 1 Australian Infantry Training Battalion Dubbo, New South Wales from Recruit Reception Depot.
22/05/1943 Marched into 1 Australian Infantry Training Battalion and transferred to X list.
27/05/1943 Evacuated from 1 Australian Infantry Training Battalion to 13 Australian Convalescent Hospital.
27/05/1943 Admitted 13 Australian Convalescent Hospital with furuncle.
18/06/1943 Discharged from 13 Australian Convalescent Hospital.
18/06/1943 Rejoined 1 Australian Infantry Training Battalion.
24/09/1943 Detached to 3 Australian Motor Transport Training Depot.
26/09/1943 Transferred from 1 Australian Infantry Training Battalion to 3 Motor Transport Training Depot Bonegilla, Victoria.
06/11/1943 Transferred from 3 Australian Motor Transport Training Depot to 1 Australian Infantry Training Battalion via L & T wing Sydney, New South Wales.
09/11/1943 Rejoined unit from 3 Australian Motor Transport Training Depot.
14/11/1943 Granted proficiency pay.
02/12/1943 Marched out from 1 Australian Infantry Training Battalion to 2 Australian Regiment Signals Training Unit Dubbo, New South Wales.
03/12/1943 Marched into 2 Australian Regiment Signals Training Unit Bonegilla, Victoria.
29/02/1944 Marched out from 2 Australian Regiment Signals Training Unit to 1 Australian Infantry Training Battalion Dubbo, New South Wales.
03/03/1944 Marched out from 2 Australian Regiment Signals Training Unit to 1 Australian Infantry Training Battalion.
23/03/1944 Marched out to 1 Australian Training Centre (Guerilla Warfare).
28/03/1944 Marched out from 1 Australian Infantry Training Battalion to 4 Australian Regiment Training Battalion, Queensland.
23/05/1944 Marched out to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
27/05/1944 Taken on strength from 4 Australian Regiment Training Battalion to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
16/03/1945 Embarked Cairns, Queensland on U.S.A.T. Sea Barb.
28/03/1945 Disembarked Morotai.
22/04/1945 Embarked Morotai for service in Tarakan.
18/05/1945 Embarked Tarakan for return to Morotai.
25/06/1945 Embarked Morotai for service in Balikpapan, Borneo on U.S.S. LST-703.
24/10/1945 Transferred from 2/2 Pioneer Battalion to Signals 7th Division.
09/01/1946 Transferred from Signals 7th Division to 9 Telephone Operations Section.
21/02/1946 Transferred to 8 Military District (New Guinea) Details Depot.
22/02/1946 Embarked Balikpapan, Borneo on S.S. Georgetown Victory.
08/03/1946 Disembarked Rabaul, New Guinea.
17/03/1946 Marched out to 8 Military District (New Guinea) Signals.
17/03/1946 Transferred in from New Guinea Details Depot.
30/05/1946 Transferred to Leave and Transit Depot East Command for disposal.
03/07/1946 Marched out from General Details Depot, New South Wales to 3 Recruit Training Battalion.
03/07/1946 Marched into 3 Recruit Training Battalion.
14/08/1946 Transferred to 6 Advance Reinforcement Depots.
14/08/1946 Transferred from 3 Recruit Training Battalion to Recruit Training Battalion Headquarters.
25/09/1946 Transferred to General Details Depot, New South Wales.
02/10/1946 Discharged.