OSBORNE, Walter Charles
Service Number: | 3393 |
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Enlisted: | 14 August 1915, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW |
Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 1892 |
Home Town: | Parramatta, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 16 May 1960, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Section Lawn 2, Grave 243 |
Memorials: | Parramatta Superior Public School Great War Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
14 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3393, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW | |
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2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3393, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3393, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
13 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion, From 3rd Battalion, at Tel-el-Kabir | |
24 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 3393, 55th Infantry Battalion, Gassed. | |
20 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 3393, 55th Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the left arm a side | |
24 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 3393, 55th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
At the time of enlisting he gave his age as 23 years which matches the BMD registry but on his grave entry it gives his year of birth as 1900 which would have his age well under enlistment age
Son of James Osborne and Mary Osborne of 'Gillingham', Clifford Street, Parramatta, NSW
Commenced return to Australia 17 March 1919 aboard HT Plassy disembarking on 3 May 1919
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1923c Walter married Winifred Hoffman in Marrickville, NSW