Soldier profiles

Name : BUSH, ROSS TREVOR
Service Number : NX49206
Date of Birth : 09/05/1922
Place of Birth : GUNNING, NSW
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : CLERK (STOCK AGENT ASSISTANT)
Date of Enlistment : 15/10/1941
Locality on Enlistment : GOOLGOWI, NSW
Place of Enlistment : PADDINGTON, NSW
Next of Kin : BUSH, RICHARD
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : C COMPANY
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : NEW GUINEA, BORNEO
Actions : TARAKAN (BORNEO), BALIKPAPAN (BORNEO)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 14/01/1946
Date Died : N/A
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
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 4611185 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll

Background : Son of Richard Bush. Husband of Ethel Martha Bush.

Service & personal summary At enlistment : single. No previous military experience. At discharge : height 5 feet 6 inches, hazel eyes, dark complexion, dark hair. Marital status : married (1 child over 16 years and 3 children under 16 years). Marks / scars : 2 scars left side of chest, scar right side of chest, 2 scars left shin, scar right shin. Full time war service : A.I.F. 15/10/1941 to 14/01/1946 which included 1423 days active service (931 days within Australia & 492 days overseas). Operational service : New Guinea area, embarked from Australia 25/07/1943, disembarked in Australia 10/02/1944 & Borneo area, embarked from Australia 16/03/1945, disembarked in Australia 31/12/1945. War badge no. 226136. Discharge certificate no. 396485.

Service record.
15/10/1941 Marched into General Details Depot Sydney, New South Wales.
16/10/1941 Marched out to E. C. Australian Army Ordnance Corps Training Depot.
16/10/1941 Taken on strength E. C. Australian Army Ordnance Corps Training Depot Liverpool, New South Wales.
22/10/1941 Sent sick to Camp Dressing Station Liverpool, New South Wales.
23/10/1941 Admitted Camp Dressing Station with vaccination reaction.
28/10/1941 Discharged from Camp Dressing Station.
28/10/1941 Rejoined unit from Camp Dressing Station.
02/11/1941 Detached to E. C. A. T. T. D.
02/11/1941 Attached to E. C. A. T. T. D. Liverpool, New South Wales.
18/11/1941 On unit roll Liverpool, New South Wales.
30/12/1941 Married Ethel Martha Bush at Post Office Goolgowi, New South Wales.
02/01/1942 Transferred from E. C. Australian Army Ordnance Corps Training Depot Liverpool, New South Wales to 5 Training Battalion.
03/01/1942 Taken on strength 5 Training Battalion Dubbo, New South Wales.
15/01/1942 Transferred from 5 Training Battalion to 9 Pioneer Training Battalion Dubbo, New South Wales.
16/01/1942 Taken on strength 9 Pioneer Training Battalion.
26/01/1942 Sent sick to hospital.
26/01/1942 Transferred from 204 Camp Hospital to 120 Special Service Hospital Sydney, New South Wales.
23/03/1942 Discharged fit from 103 Convalescent Depot.
24/03/1942 Rejoined 9 Pioneer Training Battalion Dubbo, New South Wales from hospital.
28/03/1942 Rejoined 9 Pioneer Training Battalion Dubbo, New South Wales from hospital.
12/07/1942 Transferred to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Bathurst, New South Wales.
14/07/1942 Taken on strength 2/2 Pioneer Battalion from 9 Pioneer Training Battalion.
11/03/1943 48 and 52 issued Divisional Routine Orders.
10/04/1943 Admitted ex Absent Without Leave (AWOL) to 3 Gd Compound Griffith, Queensland.
23/05/1943 Marched out from 2/2 Pioneer Battalion to 28 days field punishment and transferred to X list.
14/06/1943 Taken on strength 2/2 Pioneer Battalion from Field Punishment Camp Wasp Creek, Queensland and struck off X list.
25/07/1943 Embarked Townsville, Queensland on H.M.T. Duntroon.
28/07/1943 Disembarked Port Moresby, New Guinea.
15/12/1943 Class proficient and entitled to proficiency pay.
08/02/1944 Embarked Port Moresby, New Guinea on H.M.A.S. Kanimbla.
10/02/1944 Disembarked Townsville, Queensland.
23/04/1944 Evacuated to 12 Australian Convalescent Hospital, New South Wales from draft with malaria.
23/04/1944 Evacuated from 12 Australian Convalescent Hospital to 113 Australian General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales from draft with malaria (benign tertian) and transferred to X list.
09/05/1944 Evacuated from 113 Australian General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales to 103 Australian Convalescent Depot, New South Wales.
17/05/1944 Discharged from 103 Australian Convalescent Depot to General Details Depot New South Wales Lines of Communication area for return to unit.
16/05/1944 Forfeited proficiency pay.
30/05/1944 Taken on strength 2/2 Pioneer Battalion from General Details Depot New South Wales Lines of Communication.
16/11/1944 Granted proficiency pay.
21/11/1944 Birth of son Douglas Ross Bush.
14/03/1945 Embarked Cairns, Queensland on U.S.A.T. Sea Barb.
28/03/1945 Disembarked Morotai.
22/04/1945 Embarked Morotai for service at Tarakan.
18/05/1945 Embarked Tarakan for return to Morotai.
22/06/1945 Embarked Morotai for service at Balikpapan, Borneo on U.S.S. LST.
10/10/1945 Transferred from 2/2 Pioneer Battalion to 2/1 Pioneer Battalion Balikpapan, Borneo.
10/10/1945 Taken on strength 2/1 Pioneer Battalion.
04/11/1945 Change of address of next of kin.
03/12/1945 Transferred from 2/1 Pioneer Battalion to 2/9 Infantry Battalion.
03/12/1945 Taken on strength 2/9 Infantry Battalion.
23/12/1945 Transferred to holding strength Leave and Transit Depot, New South Wales.
14/01/1946 Discharged.