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• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Lambeth
• Land Surrey, England
• Last residence 4 Charlotte Place, Clapham
• Family Son of Lewis and Laura Buss, of 4, Charlotte Place, North Clapham, London; two sisters, Florence and Edith; two brothers, Arthur and Sidney
• Profession Porter in an infirmary
• Extra info Commemorated on the memorial at Holy Trinity Church, Clapham Common, South London

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Kingston-On-Thames, Surrey
• Service number G/24702
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 9th Bn. East Surrey Regiment
• Other data related to military career To France 22 December 1916; shell shock 13 June 1917, sent to hospital; returned to duty on 23 June.

Death

• Wounded 24 July, hit by a shell
• Died at the age of 23
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XVI - H - 2

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