With the assistance of his four sons—Norman, Albert, Jeffrey and Lance, the business grew to such an extent that Bush’s were the major meat operators at the then Homebush State Abattoir in the 1940’s and 50’s. At that time livestock were delivered to Flemington stockyards by rail and road and stockmen drove sheep, cattle and pigs across Parramatta Road to the abattoir.

With Alfred Bush retiring in 1940, he handed over control to his four sons, who operated the family business under a partnership agreement. They all lived in the Homebush and Strathfield areas. The eldest son, Norman, who was highly regarded as an ‘outstanding figure in livestock matters’, died at Bankstown on 6th January 1947, when he met with a fatal aeroplane accident at the age of 40. In the accident, his brother Jeffrey was badly injured and Jeffrey’s daughter Helena, aged 9 was also killed.

On the death of Alfred Bush in 1951, he was described as a ‘Captain of his industry’. He was also a pioneering motorist being the first to introduce motor transport on a commercial basis to Newcastle and in later years he became an avid horticulturist.