USSHER O.

Given Names:  Owen

Service Number:  35586

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade, 28th reinforcements                                                              

Rank:  Gunner 

Paybook Number: 

Age:  21 Yrs  9 Mths

Occupation:  Stockman                                                                                                  

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  10½ In                

Weight:  198 Lbs

Chest:  33-37½ In

Hair:  Dark Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  26/7/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Edith May Ussher

Malmsbury Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                       

Embarkation Date:  9/11/1917

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Port Sydney A15

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Karoa    

Embarked:  28/3/1919                               

Disembarked:  8/5/1919

Unit:  12th Field Artillery Brigade                                                                                                   

Rank:  Bombardier

Discharge Date:  3/5/1919                         

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  69794

Victory Medal:  66970

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  9/10/1894

Place:  Malvern, Victoria                          

Father:  William Owen USSHER               

Mother:  Edith Mary KING

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

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Burial:  ,

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 10/10/1918; gun shot wound, leg

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

Trinity Grammar

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  V374662                                     

Date Enlisted:  21/3/1942                                        

Date Discharged:  20/9/1945

COMMENTS

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