USSHER, Athelstan Neville
| Service Number: | 82 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Eastern Hill, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Portland, Victoria, Australia, 19 December 1893 |
| Home Town: | Kew, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Trinity Grammar School, Kew, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Journalist |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 25 April 1915, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 28, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kew War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 82, Enlisted at Eastern Hill, Victoria | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Corporal, 82, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Corporal, 82, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 31 Dec 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant | |
| 14 Jan 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement Sergeant, 82, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 82 awm_unit: 7 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-04-25 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Owen Ussher and Edith Mary Ussher nee King of Malmesbury Street, Kew, Victoria. Brother of Owen Ussher who returned to Australia on 28 March 1919 having served with the 12th Artillery Brigade and Claud Beverly Ussher
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His mother noted on his Roll of Honour Circular "from Brig Gen Elliott's letter. 'Being wounded myself, I had not the opportunity of observing him. I am informed however that on the day of landing he with others captured a Turkish Machine Gun and brought it into action against the enemy and I understand had he lived he was to have been recommended for a V.C. for his gallantry. On the date of his death, he volunteered to lead a party to capture another Turkish Gun but none of them returned."
The then Lieutenant Colonel H.E. 'Pompey' Elliott was the 7th Battalion C.O. at the Anzac landing.
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