William USHER

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Service Number:	14
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Enlisted at Eastern Hill, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	3rd Divisional Train
Born:	Stawell, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Moe, Latrobe, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horse Breaker
Died:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 11 January 1950, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Ballarat (Old) General Cemetery Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 14, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Eastern Hill, Victoria
27 Aug 1914:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 14, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 14, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
2 Apr 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 3rd Divisional Train, Promoted to Driver when taken on strength
10 Nov 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3rd Divisional Train
11 Aug 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 14, 3rd Divisional Train, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to pleurisy with effusion (TB)

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Son of William Usher and Jane Usher nee Irvine of 'Willowgrove', Moe, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 4 May 1917 aboard HT Militiades disembarking on 2 July 1917

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1919c William married Beatrice Boronia Zinner in Victoria.