Ellis Grey Bustard

Engine Room Artificer

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Thomas William Bustard and Jane Bustard (nee Green), of Greymouth, Westland; husband of Sidney C. E. Bustard, of Owairaka, Auckland City.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

" Two boys playing in Grafton Gully found the body of a member of the Royal New Zealand Navy lying below Grafton Bridge about 4.30 p.m. on Saturday. He was Chief Petty Officer Ellis Grey Bustard, aged 28, married of HMNZS Bellona. Bustard, who was suffering from war neurosis, was an inmate of the military annexe at the Auckland Hospital. He was given leave last Monday but did not return to the hospital. Joining the navy in 1939. he served successively in the cruisers Achilles, Gambia, and Bellona."

[Otago Daily Times, Issue 26470, 26 May 1947, Page 4]

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Casualty

Service Number:

2160

Name:

Ellis Grey Bustard

Rank:

Engine Room Artificer

Date of Birth:

Not known

Next of Kin:

Sydney C.E. Bustard (wife), Owairaka, Auckland, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Navy

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Suicide

Date of Death:

19 May 1947

Day of Death:

Monday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Auckland (Waikumete) Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

Prot. Naval Area A, Row 2, Grave 19.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand