OSMOND, Leslie James
| Service Number: | 5613 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 February 1916, Wellington, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Goulburn, New South Wales, July 1895 |
| Home Town: | Nyngan, Bogan, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Nyngan Public School |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 3 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial , Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Wellington Cenotaph, Wellington Hall of Memory Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5613, Wellington, New South Wales | |
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| 9 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5613, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5613, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5613, 19th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...5613 Private Leslie James Osmond, who was born at Goulburn, NSW, the son of James and Annie Osmond of Nyngan, NSW. After finishing his schooling at the Public School in Nyngan, Osmond worked as a farmer before enlisting at Nyngan on 16 February 1916. He then went overseas as a member of the 15th Reinforcements, 19th Battalion, embarking from Sydney aboard HMAT Euripides on 9 September 1916. After some months on the Western Front in France, Pte Osmond's unit was one of those involved in the Second Battle of Bullecourt and in the fierce fighting in this encounter, Osmond was killed in action on 3 May 1917. He was 23 years of age at the time of his death and is buried at Villers-Bretonneux, France." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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