2 BOUSTOW found who served with the Australian Imperial Force WWI


Ernest Charles BOSUSTOW
Regimental number - 17276
Religion - Wesleyan
Occupation - Fireman
Address - 41 Campbell Street, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Marital status - Single
Age at embarkation - 24
Next of kin - Father, HARRY BOSUSTOW, 41 Campbell Street, Kalgoorlie, WA
Enlistment date - 7 September 1916
Embarkation details - Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A46 Clan Mcgillivray on 10 May 1917
Rank from Nominal Roll - Private
Unit from Nominal Roll - 2nd Field Company Engineers
Fate - Returned to Australia 21 June 1919
NOTE
... his father Harry Bosustow worked at the mines and was the Secretary of the Carpenters Union in Kalgoorlie, but probably related to this Bosustow Family in Kalgoorlie. The Harry Bosustow on that site was an Electrician at the mines



William Jamess BOSUSTOW

Regimental number - 4375
Place of birth - Williamstown, Victoria
Place of birth - Gormandale, Victoria
School - State School, Victoria
Religion - Church of England
Occupation - Compositor
Address - 221 Wellington Street, Kew, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital status - Single
Age at embarkation - 22
Height - 5' 2.75"
Weight - 114 lbs
Next of kin - Mother, Annie Bosustow, 221 Wellington Street, Kew, Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date - 8 January 1916
Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria
Embarkation details - Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT RMS Orontes on 29 March 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll - Private
Unit from Nominal Roll - 22nd Battalion
Fate - Killed in Action 3 May 1917
Place of death or wounding - Bullecourt, France
Date of death - 3 May 1917
Age at death - 23.8
Place of burial - No known grave
Commemoration details - Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France