Victor
Lloyd
Bust
Born in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia
Ancestors 
Brother of
Barclay Arthur Bust, Florence Ann (Bust) Murray, Edward Joseph Bust, Leslie Alfred Bust, William Robert Bust, Dorothy May (Bust) Shaw, Phyllis Maud Bust and Leonard Norman Bust
Died
at age 24
in Papua New Guinea
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Jan 2018
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Biography
Victor Lloyd Bust was born on 25th August 1918 in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia. He was the sixth son and youngest of nine children of Joseph Bust and Maria Hoffman.[1]
On 9th January 1940, Victor enlisted in the Second Australian Imperial Force during the Second World War.[2] He was a member of the 49th Australian Infantry Battalion, 30th Brigade. In Papua since early 1941, mainly being used for work parties, the brigade was urgently flown across the Owen Stanley's in December 1942 to reinforce the attack at Sanananda. The 49th moved into position along the Sanananda Road on 6th December, and attacked the next morning. Fortified and camouflaged, the Japanese fiercely resisted. One veteran, who also served with the 2/22nd in Rabaul and the 2/4th Infantry Battalion at Aitape, said he never saw a greater volume of fire than what was directed at the 49th on 7th December. The attack failed and cost the 49th dearly. In five hours the battalion lost 14 officers and 215 men killed or wounded. Close to sixty per cent of the attacking force, just under half of the battalion's full strength, were casualties. The 49th A Company lost nine men; B Company, 38; C Company, 11; and D Company, 60.[3]
Victor Bust died of wounds in Papua & New Guinea during the Second World War.
Victor was one of those many wounded soldiers. He passed away six days later, on 13th December, as a result of his wounds.[4] Victor is buried in the Bomana War Cemetery, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Victor Lloyd Bust's name is located at panel 69 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra. He is also listed on the Roll of Honour in Bundaberg.[5]
Sources
- ↑ Queensland Birth Index #C8231/1918
- ↑ Australian War Memorial nomnal roll: QX44205 Lance Corporal Victor Lloyd Bust
- ↑ Australian War Memorial unit record: 49th Australian Infantry Battalion
- ↑ Queensland Death Index #S826/1943
- ↑ Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: QX44205 Lance Corporal Victor Lloyd Bust
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