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USHER, Frank Gilbert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 337 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 March 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 21st Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Wood Cutter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium, Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 337, 7th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 337, 7th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 337, 7th Machine Gun Company, RMS Orontes, Melbourne | |
| 1 May 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 7th Machine Gun Company, Promoted in the field | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 337, 21st Machine Gun Company , Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 337 awm_unit: 21st Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-09-20 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Richard and Annie Mary Usher of Oakey, Toowoomba; brother of Ralph Richard Usher who returned to Australia on 4 June 1919 having served with the 26th Battalion
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
12 July 1922 - Commonwealth Forces, Australia House, London wrote to Base Records, Melbourne stating that while Frank was reputed to have been buried in the Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery it had not been possible to locate Franks' grave or any evidence which would point to his grave site