Regimental number | 2435 |
Place of birth | Oakbank South Australia |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Wheelwright |
Address | Oakbank, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Maria Paulina Usher, Oakbank, South Australia |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 32nd Battalion, 4th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/49/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board RMS Mongolia on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Company Quartermaster Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 48th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Plaque in South Australian Garden of Remembrance |
Medals |
Military Medal 'For great gallantry and devotion to duty in the operations of the advance on (Bellingless outposts of the Hindenburg line) September 18th, 1918. CQMS USHER arranged the distribution and issue of rations and ammunition to his company prior to the attack. During the attack CQMS USHER went forward with his Company to find a "C "Company took part in an attack on the right sub-sector of our front, the arrangements had to be made hurriedly and under heavy shell fire. CQMS USHER regardless of his own safety supervised the carrying and detonating of bombs, and throughout the whole history of the Battalion CQMS USHER has stood out as a gallant and reliable man on all occasions.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 135 Date: |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death |