Owen USSHER

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Service Numbers:	35886, V374662
Enlisted:	26 July 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	16th (VIC) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Gardiner, Victoria, Australia, 9 October 1894
Home Town:	Kew, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stockman
Died:	Victoria, Australia, June 1990, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Wangaratta Cemetery, Victoria Lawn, Row E11, Grave 34
Memorials:	Kew War Memorial

26 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 35886, Field Artillery Brigades, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
9 Nov 1917:	Embarked Gunner, 35886, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne
9 Nov 1917:	Involvement Gunner, 35886, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
4 Jan 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, Artillery Details
30 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 12th Field Artillery Brigade
11 Aug 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Bombardier, 12th Field Artillery Brigade
31 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Bombardier, 35886, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District

21 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , V374662, 16th (VIC) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Corporal
21 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, V374662
20 Sep 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , V374662, 16th (VIC) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Corporal

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Son of William Owen Ussher and Edith Mary Ussher nee King of 'Pinner', Malmsbury Street, Kew, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 28 March 1919 aboard HT Karoa disembarking on 8 May 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Post war he worked in Gladdfield near Warwick, QLD during which time he married Ellen Bowman Clark on 18 July 1924