William Sydney OSMAN

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Service Number:	5622
Enlisted:	27 March 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, 1889
Home Town:	Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grocer
Memorials:	Orange Holy Trinity Anglican Church Honour Board, Orange WW1 Honour Board

27 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5622, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
9 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 5622, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
9 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 5622, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
23 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5622, 17th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Sussex Premier Street, Kogarah, NSW

Next of kin given as his sister Gertrude Spare of Bying Street, Orange East, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 4 December 1918 aboard HT Saxon disembarking on 1 February 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal