Henry (Harry) USBACK

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Service Number:	565
Enlisted:	4 January 1916, Enlisted at Armidale, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	33rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Walcha, New South Wales, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Walcha, Walcha, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Walcha, New South Wales, Australia, 5 August 1961, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Walcha General Cemetery, N.S.W. Commemorated with a plaque in the NSW Garden of Remembrance, Rookwood Cemetery
Memorials:

4 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 565, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Armidale, NSW
4 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 565, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
4 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 565, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney
16 Jul 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 565, 33rd Infantry Battalion
4 Nov 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 33rd Infantry Battalion, In France
30 Mar 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 565, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion.
25 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 565, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Third occasion. Wound to the left shoulder.
4 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 565, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Henry (Harry) Usback and Matilda Usback of 'Tia', Walcha, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 4 July 1919 aboard HT Wiltshire disembarking on 19 August 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Mabel Jessamine Usbakc nee Hoy. Henry and Mabel married during in 1930c in Uralla, NSW