LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Albert Clifford BUSCH
Service No: 144520
Born: Richmond VIC, 7 September 1925
Enlisted in the RAAF: 9 September 1943
Unit: No. 33 Operational Base Unit, Higgins Field QLD
Died: Ground Accident, Jacky Jacky QLD, 25 January 1945, Aged 19 Years
Buried: Townsville War Cemetery QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Albert Sydney and Pearl Florence Busch, of North Richmond, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Richmond VIC
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Leading Aircraftman Busch was a member of a work party engaged in erecting a jury mast. A winch was being used to remove a tree and the handle of the winch struck him on the head.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/6/913