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Life Summary

Name	Elizabeth Catherine Usher
Alternative Names	Elizabeth Catherine Molphy
Born	6 November, 1911 Mooroolbark, Victoria, Victoria, Australia
Died	23 December, 1996 (aged 85) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Cause of Death	bowel obstruction
Religious Influence	Catholic Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Education *	Merrimac State School (Qld) (student, 1919-1922) Wildash State School (Qld) (student, 1923-1925) Warwick State High School (Qld) (student, 1924-1928) Teachers' Training College, Brisbane (student, 1929-1930)
Occupation or Descriptor *	schoolteacher (1931-1942) Queensland, Australia air force officer (1942-1946) Federal, Australia speech therapist (1948-1977) Queensland, Australia university teacher (1961-1977) Queensland, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (airforce officer) Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (airforce officer, 1942-1946)
Awards	Officer of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1990)
Legacies *	Elizabeth Usher Memorial Lecture (Speech Pathology Australia) (eponym) Elizabeth Usher Memorial Travelling Scholarship (University of Queensland Alumni Association) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Trinity College of Music (London) (associate, 1937) Speech Pathology Australia (licentiate, 1949) Speech Pathology Australia (life member, 1977-1996)
Workplaces *	Kaimkillenbun State School (Qld) (schoolteacher, 1931-1933) Elbow Valley State School (Qld) (schoolteacher, 1933-1935) Warwick Central State School (Qld) (schoolteacher, 1936-1942) Psychiatric Clinic (Brisbane) (speech therapist, 1948-1952) University of Queensland (child health) (lecturer, 1961-1970) University of Queensland (speech therapy) (academic, 1970-1977)

* Dates are approximate