Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette 25 May 1946;
"An Old Sulian, Buster played Rugby for the City of Bath Boy's School in 1941 before joining the Gloucester Regiment Young Soldiers Battalion. From this regiment he was commissioned in the Royal Ulster Rifles being second subsequently to the Kings African Rifles, to which the 7th (Uganda) Battalion of which he is now attached in Mombasa. He was 22 when he was promoted to Captain while serving in Burma. He used to be fond of writing verses and when he was still a school boy, two of his poems were published in our columns".
He was due to marry Marie Therese Tregartieen in 1946. The couple travel backwards and forwards to Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania (Tanganyika) in 1951 and 1955 as a civil servant, from 4 Macauley Buildings, and in 1955 to South Africa as a teacher from 2 Widecombe Terrace, Bath with their children Suzette, Terrance and Michael.
He served as Captain 264996 and was a member of the Burma Star Association.
He died in Australia. A memorial inscription remembering him his included on his son Terrance's grave at St John the Evangelist, Perrymead, Bath
| Unit or location | Role | Posted from | until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bathampton Patrol | Patrol member | Unknown | 27 Mar 1943 |
City of Bath Boy's School
Student later to become a Teacher
He left Auxiliary Units to join Royal Ulster Rifles 27th March 1943.
In 1939 his Father is at 36 Willow Avenue, Bath and Mother is in Camberwell. Arthur not recorded at either address though Willow is written as his address on the nominal roll.
TNA ref WO199/3390 & 3391
Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette 25 May 1946
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