Canadian Virtual War Memorial
William Jabez Bush
In memory of:
Private William Jabez Bush
May 1, 1917
Military Service
199141
38
Army
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
10th Bn.
There was no mention of medals received on his service file.
Additional Information
September 9, 1878
Derby, England
March 12, 1916
Kenora, Ontario
Son of John Henry and Annie Bush, of Derby, England; husband of Mildred Bush, of Kenora, Ontario. He join the 94th Battalion. Sailed to England on board the SS Olympic on 6 July 1916. On arrival, transferred to the 32 Battalion on 18 July 1916, to the 5th Battalion on 28 August 1916 and finally to the 10th Battalion on 31 December 1916, where he remained until his death. He listed his civilian occupation as carpenter. Pte Bush is commemorated on a memorial in Magnetawan, Ontario having made the supreme sacrifice.
Commemorated on Page 211 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France
V. H. 18.
Mont St Eloi is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 8 kilometres north-west of Arras. The village stands on high ground overlooking the battlefields of Vimy and Souchez and the main Bethune-Arras road, and the ruined towers that rise from it were used as an observation post during the French attacks at Neuville-St Vaast and Givenchy in May 1915. Ecoivres is a hamlet lying at the foot of the hill, to the south-west and about 1.5 kilometres from Mont St Eloi on the Arras-St Pol line. The ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY is on the D49 road.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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