Regimental number | 318 |
Place of birth | Gorapur, NW Provinces, India |
School | Fort St School, Sydney, New South Wales |
Age on arrival in Australia | 8 months |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | 34 Mackay Street, Potts Point, Sydney, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs l M Black, 34 Mackay Street, Potts Point, Sydney, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served in the Cadets and in the Artillery, Citizen Military Forces, Sydney, NSW. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Bombardier |
Unit name | Field Artillery Brigade 1, Battery 3 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 13/29/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A8 Argyllshire on |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Served at Cape Helles and throughout the Gallipoli campaign, and was invalided to England. after a year at home [i.e. England], he was sent to the Flanders Front. "I am told that he refused promotion. He did his duty." (details from mother) |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Belgium |
Age at death | 23 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | The Huts Cemetery (Plot XIV, Row B, Grave No. 4), Dickebusch, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 11 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Alexander and Laura BUSKIN, Canterbury, England. Born in India |
Family/military connections | Brother: Lieutenant Alexander Frank BUSKIN, 6th Light Horse, killed in action, Gallipoli, 17 September 1915. |