OSBORNE, Thomas Ernest
| Service Number: | 2696 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 June 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Cardiff, New South Wales, Australia, April 1884 |
| Home Town: | Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Smelter |
| Died: | Capillary Bronchitis Pneumonia, Military Hospital at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, 10 December 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Codford St. Mary (St. Mary) New Churchyard, Wiltshire, England Grave No. 45, Codford St Mary (St Mary) New Churchyard, Codford, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2696, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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| 12 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2696, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2696, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2696, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 10th December…… Private Thomas Ernest Osborne was born at Cardiff in 1882.
Thomas Osborne married Florence McLean in 1903 in Orange, New South Wales, Australia. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 12th June, 1916 as a 33 year old, married (with 5 children) & a Smelter from Wollongong, NSW.
He embarked from Sydney, NSW on HMAT Ceramic (A40) on 7th October, 1916 with 45th Infantry Battalion, 6th Reinforcements & disembarked at Plymouth, England on 21st November, 1916 where he would receive further training before being sent to the War Front.
On 21st November, 1916 Private Osborne was marched in to 12th Training Battalion at Codford, Wiltshire, England. He was admitted to Military Hospital at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire on 7th December, 1916.
Private Thomas Ernest Osborne died at 7.50 a.m. on 10th December, 1916 at Sutton Veny Military Hospital of Capillary Bronchitis Pneumonia.
He was buried in St. Mary’s New Churchyard (Anzac Cemetery), Codford, Wiltshire, England where 30 other WW1 Australian Soldiers & 66 WW1 New Zealand Soldiers are located.
Private Thomas Ernest Osborne has a Private Headstone (as opposed to a Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone) which was erected by comrades. His death is still acknowledged by CWGC.
**Note: Private Osborne’s Service number was 2696. The Service number 2782 on his headstone is incorrect & belonged to Private Michael Smith who is buried next to Private Osborne. Both men had their headstones erected by their Training Battalion – 12th - ‘A’ Company.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/codford---st-marys.html
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