Wilfred Robert Bushby^[1]

1914 - 2001  (87 years)

• Name	Wilfred Robert Bushby
  Birth	23 Mar 1914	South Fremantle, Western Australia
  Gender	Male
  Death	09 May 2001	Cooranbong, New South Wales
  Burial	Avondale Cemetery, Cooranbong, New South Wales   [2]
  Notes	WORLD WAR II (DVA Nominal Roll): Sergeant Wilfred Robert Bushby, service no. WX28815. Enlisted 17 Aug 1942 at Northam, WA, while living at East Fremantle; next of kin Ruth. Discharged 25 Feb 1946 from HQ 2/105 Australian General Transport Company. Buried at Avondale Adventist Cemetery, Cooranbong, plot L2-A-021; the headstone reads 'Loved husband of Ruth, father of Peter, John & David' (Find a Grave 195521904).
  Person ID	I513973369	Walsh - Wilson Family Tree
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2026

  
  

  Father	William James Bushby,   b. 22 Dec 1868, 4 Harrison Street, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria d. 06 Mar 1954, East Fremantle, Western Australia (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Sarah Jane Buhl,   b. 1872, Stanhope, West Maitland, New South Wales d. 12 Jun 1958, Victoria Park, Western Australia (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	19 Feb 1895	Elgin Street, West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia   [3, 4]
  Marriage Witnesses	19 Feb 1895	Elgin Street, West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
  	Witnesses: Elizabeth Buhl, Job Fowles
  Photos » Slide Show		William James Bushby and Sarah Jane [Buhl] Bushby
  		William James and Sarah [Buhl] Bushby About 1943, in Western Australia. Written on the back of the photograph by Wilfred Robert Bushby, "This was taken in the corner of our back yard."
  		William James Bushby and Sarah [Buhl] Bushby
  Documents		Marriage Certificate of William James Bushby and Sarah Jane Buhl William James Bushby and Sarah Jane Buhl were married on 19 Feb 1895 on Elgin Street, West Maitland, New South Wales in accordance with the rites of the Wesleyan Church. William was age 26, and an engineer. Sarah Jane was 22 and in "private life." William's parents are shown as James Bushby and Martha Aitken. Sarah's mother is shown as Elizabeth Buhl (no details for her father).
  Family ID	F505778197	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ruth Mary Anderson,   b. 07 May 1921, Mannum, On the River Murray, South Australia d. 27 Mar 2013, Malanda, Queensland, Australia (Age 91 years)
  Children	+ 1. Peter Robert Bushby + 2. Wilfred John Bushby + 3. David Anthony Bushby
  Family ID	F505778196	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2009

  
  

• Photos		Wilfred Robert Bushby
  		Wilfred Robert Bushby and

  
  

  Documents

  Wilfred Robert Bushby Birth Certificate - South Fremantle, Western Australia The birth certificate of Wilfred Robert Bushby shows that he was born on 23 March 1914 at 14 South Street, South Fremantle, Western Australia. His father was William James Bushby, age 45 [born c.1869], a carpenter, born in Barrow-in-Furness. His mother was Sarah Jane Buhl, age 41 [born c.1873], born in Stanhope, West Maitland, New South Wales. William and James were married 19 Feb 1895 in West Maitland. Their other children were William Job Stanley, age 18 [born c.1896], Harold Sydney, age 15 [born c.1899], Violet Alice May, age 9 [born c.1905], and Vera Lilian, age 5 [born c.1909].

  
  

  Headstones		Headstone of Wilfred Robert Bushby WX 28815 Sergeant - "Loved husband of Ruth, Father of Peter, John and David, Peacefully Sleeping." Avondale Cemetery (part of the Seventh Day Adventist Retirement Village), Cooranbong, New South Wales.
  		Memorial plaque of Sgt Wilfred Robert Bushby (1914-2001) - Avondale Cemetery, Cooranbong, New South Wales Bronze plaque with the Australian Army Rising Sun badge: "WX 28815 Sergeant - Wilfred Robert Bushby - 23-3-1914 to 9-5-2001 - Loved husband of Ruth - Father of Peter, John & David - Peacefully sleeping." A clearer, more recent photograph of the plaque shown in the older headstone picture. Photograph by Cheryl Deppeler, June 2021, shared on Find a Grave (memorial 195521904, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195521904). Used with thanks and with credit to her on this family history site, lordoflucies.com/tng.

  
  

• Sources

  [S5201] DVA WW2 Nominal Roll, (Australian Government, Department of Veterans' Affairs), WX28815 (https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=763028&c=WW2), https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au. [S4945] Find A Grave Website, (www.findagrave.com), Memorial 195521904. Avondale Adventist Cemetery, plot L2-A-021. Headstone: 'Loved husband of Ruth, father of Peter, John & David'. [S4900] New South Wales Registry of BDM, Marriage Registration: 1895/001296 (Reliability: 3). [S4900] New South Wales Registry of BDM, 08 Oct 1904, Birth Registration 1904/033978 (Reliability: 0). Parents' marriage date shown as 20 Feb 1895 on Violet Alice May Bushby's birth certificate. Marriage certificate itself shows 19 Feb 1895.