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USHER, Moses Lewis

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Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Archival / Genealogical
Genealogy Records
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Date of Birth
1917
Date of Death
March 31, 1942
Place of Burial
Zetland (Shetlands), England
Cemetery
Lerwick New Cemetery
Age at Time of Death
25
Enlistment No.
J-15861
Rank
Pilot Officer
Unit
Royal Canadian Air Force
Notes
Pilot Officer Moses Lewis Usher of Montreal, Quebec, was reported killed in action overseas on March 31, 1942. He was interred in Lerwick Cemetery in the Shetlands, the first Jew to be buried in the islands. The R.A.F. placed a special aircraft at the disposal of Chaplain H.I. Alexander to enable him to reach the Shetlands to perform the burial. Pilot Officer Usher joined the McGill University Canadian Officers Training Corps at the outbreak of the war and enlisted in the air force in June 1940. He trained at the No. 1 Wireless School, Montreal, and later at Fingal, Ontario, where he received his wings in December 1940. He was sent overseas in February 1941 and was attached to a Halifax bomber squadron as a wireless air gunner. He participated in raids over enemy territory, including an attack on Nuremberg. Pilot Officer Usher was presented to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth when they visited his station. Word of his death reached his family several days before the announcement of his commission.
Subjects
World War II
Record Source
Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
Fonds No.
CJC0001
Archival / Genealogical
Genealogy Records
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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