In Memory Of

BUSBY, JAMES FRED

Service Details
Age:
35
Date of Birth:
1906-03-15
Service No:
C/288218
Rank:
Private
Unit:
1 Anti-Tank Regt.
Regiment:
Cape Corps, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1941-12-09
Cause of Death:
Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason)
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 152.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of George and Selina Busby; husband of Maria F. Busby, of 14, 10th Avenue, Bokmakerie, Hazendal, Cape Town. Reported missing after a battle on 23 November 1941 and confirmed as a POW on 16 February 1942. A bricklayer.