USSHER A.N.

Given Names:  Athelstan Neville

Service Number:  82

Unit:  7th Battalion, B Company                                                                                       

Rank:  Corporal                                                                                                              

Paybook Number: 

Age:  21 Yrs  8 Mths

Occupation:  Journalist                                                                                                   

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  10 In                   

Weight:  160 Lbs

Chest:  35 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Ruddy

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  17/8/1914

Place:  Eastern Hill

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Mary Edith Ussher

Malmsbury Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                       

Embarkation Date:  19/10/1914

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Hororata A20

END OF WAR 

Status:  Killed in action

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Disembarked: 

Unit:  7th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:                                       

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MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  10412

British War Medal:  2119

Victory Medal:  2119

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  19/12/1892

Place:  Portland, Victoria                         

Father:  William Owen USSHER               

Mother:  Mary Edith KING

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 25/4/1915                          

Place: Gallipoli, Turkey                            

Burial:  No known grave,

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

On day of landing he with others captured a Turkish Machine Gun.  On the date of his death he volunteered to lead a party to capture another Turkish gun, but none of them returned

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

Trinity Grammar

Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 304170

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS