| Service number | 337 |
|---|---|
| Ranks Held | Lance Corporal, Private |
| Birth Date | 1900-01-07 |
| Birth Place | Australia: Queensland, Oakey |
| Death Date | 1917-09-20 |
| Death Place | Belgium |
| Final Rank | Lance Corporal |
| Service | Australian Imperial Force |
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| Places | |
| Conflict/Operation | First World War, 1914-1918 |
Lance Corporal Frank Gilbert Usher
Description
Lance Corporal Frank Gilbert Usher (337, 21st Coy, Australian Machine Gun Corps) was born 7 January 1900 in Oakey, Queensland. He was working as a woodcutter near Toowoomba when he enlisted in March 1916. Frank died of wounds received in the battle of Menin Road on 20 September 1917. He was buried in the Belgian Battery Military Cemetery, but his grave was not able to be located after the war. Frank is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. He was 17 years 8 months. Frank’s brother Corporal Ralph Richard Usher was wounded at Noreuil in March 1917.
Rolls
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Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Files:
- Unit
- 21st Australian Machine Gun Company
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lance Corporal
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Roll of Honour:
- Unit
- 21st Australian Machine Gun Company
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lance Corporal
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First World War Embarkation Roll:
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Private
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First World War Nominal Roll:
- Unit
- 1st Australian Machine Gun Company
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lance Corporal
Timeline
| Date of birth | 07 January 1900 | |
|---|---|---|
| Date of enlistment | 18 March 1916 | |
| Date of embarkation | 16 August 1916 | |
| Date of death | 20 September 1917 | |
| Date of fate | 20 September 1917 |