George Philip USHER

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Service Number:	218
Enlisted:	16 December 1914, Enlisted at Ayr, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Field Company Engineers
Born:	Reading, England, 1877
Home Town:	Ayr, Burdekin, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 17 February 1948, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

16 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 218, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Ayr, QLD
2 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 218, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Medic, Brisbane
2 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 218, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
29 Aug 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Light Horse Regiment
19 Feb 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Field Squadron Engineers AIF
15 May 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Field Squadron Engineers AIF
19 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 218, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit otitis media

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Son of William Usher and Elizabeth Martha Usher nee Bosier of Black River, via Townsville, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 15 November 1918 aboard HT Port Darwin disembarking on 26 December 1918 at Sydney for onward travel to QLD.

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal