Maurice OSBORNE

Maurice OSBORNE Update Details

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Service Number:	1478
Enlisted:	1 July 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd Signal Squadron, AIF
Born:	Masterton, New Zealand, 1881
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Slaughterman
Died:	Wairoa, New Zealand, 26 May 1953, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Wairoa Old Cemetery, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand Section D, Row 1
Memorials:

1 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1478, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
4 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 1478, 5th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: ''
4 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 1478, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Mashobra, Sydney
1 Dec 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Signal Squadron, AIF, From 5th Light Horse Regiment
6 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1478, 2nd Signal Squadron, AIF, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of Owen Henry Osborne and Harriet Ann Osborne nee Robinson of Masterton, NZ.

Next of kin given as Frederick George Osborne of Gisborne, NZ.

Commenced return to Australia on 31 May 1919 aboard HT Aeneas disembarking on 12 July 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel

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