John Burt USHER

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Service Number:	3877
Enlisted:	14 June 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bonnie Doon, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Colac, Colac-Otway, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grocer
Died:	Colac, Victoria, Australia, 20 July 1960, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Colac General Cemetery, Victoria Section 29, Grave 27. Interred on the 21 July 1960
Memorials:	Colac St. John's Anglican Church Honour Board

14 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3877, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
19 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 3877, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
19 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 3877, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
5 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion
7 Nov 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 32nd Infantry Battalion
6 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3877, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Thomas Usher and Anastasia Usher nee May of Forbes Street, Colac, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 1 August 1919 aboard HT Argyllshire disembarking on 22 September 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1939c John married Doris Doolan in Victoria