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Military service
Service number:
799565
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
19th Bn.
Birth:
September 29, 1897
Birmingham, England
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
April 24, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. F. 3.
Additional information
Son of Albert Benjamin and Alice Busst, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Leonard William Busst
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Remembered by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Cap Badge
Cap Badge 134th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Sergeant Adams died while serving with the 19th Bn was originally a member of the 134th Bn. Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Burbank to Bytheway. Microform Sequence 16; Volume Number 31829_B016725. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 160. Page 695 of 926. -
Badge
Cap Badge 19th Bn . Pte Leonard William Busst enlisted with the 134th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada), but was transferred to the 19th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt S. Gilbert, 15th Bn Memorial Project team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard William Busst
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard William Busst
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard William Busst
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard William Busst
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard William Busst
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard William Busst
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard William Busst
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard William Busst
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 378 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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