Thomas Albert USHER

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Service Number:	15942
Enlisted:	5 February 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Second Corporal
Last Unit:	Army Pay Corps (AIF)
Born:	Thebarton, South Australia, 26 September 1892
Home Town:	Leigh Creek, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway Porter
Died:	Toorak, South Australia, 7 January 1961, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia Section: KO, Road: 13A, Site No: 42
Memorials:	Adelaide Grand Masonic Lodge WW1 Honour Board (1), Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Copley Leigh Creek District Honour Roll, Goodwood Public School WW1 Roll of Honor

5 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 15942, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 15942, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 15942, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
19 May 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Field Ambulance, In France
18 Jun 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Field Ambulance
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Corporal, 15942
4 Dec 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, Army Pay Corps (AIF)
1 Feb 1919:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Corporal, Army Pay Corps (AIF), In London, England
16 Feb 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 15942, Army Pay Corps (AIF), Discharged at the 4th Military District

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At the time of enlistment he was working at Leigh Creek, SA

Son of William Job Usher and Elizabeth Grace Usher nee Collins of Essex Street, Goodwood, SA

Commenced return to Australia on 15 November 1919 aboard HT Ypiringa as nursing staff disembarking on 1 January 1920

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 2 June 1920 Thomas married Nora Mary Roper in the Methodist Church, Goodwood, SA.

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