Mark USHER

USHER, Mark

Service Number: 9839
Enlisted: 17 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 3rd Divisional Train
Born: Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town: Bacchus Marsh, Moorabool, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Boundary Rider
Died: Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia, 10 July 1949, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Maddingley General Cemetery, Victoria
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World War 1 Service

17 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 9839, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Train, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
29 Mar 1916: Involvement Driver, 9839, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
29 Mar 1916: Embarked Driver, 9839, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Train, RMS Orontes, Melbourne
14 Mar 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, Australian Army Service Corps AIF
28 Feb 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 3rd Divisional Train
3 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 9839, 3rd Divisional Train, Severe wound to the face and scalp. Invalid to England on 17 August 1918
24 Feb 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 9839, 3rd Divisional Train, Discharged at the 3rd Military District medically unfit due to a fractured skull

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Mark Usher and Sarah Usher nee McNamambly of Bacchus Marsh, Victoria formerly from Burra, SA.

Brother of James Walter Henry Usher who returned to Australia on 18 April 1919 having served with the 27th Battalion and  Alfred John Usher who returned to Australia on 20 August 1919 having served with the 3rd Motor Transport Company.

Commenced return to Australia on 8 November 1918 aboard HT Gaika disembarking on 29 December 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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