Joseph OSBORNE

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Service Number:	6867
Enlisted:	15 January 1917, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Newport, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Leigh Creek, Moorabool, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 5 July 1950, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Ballarat New Cemetery and Crematorium, Victoria Private BB, Section 12, Grave 37. Commemorated in the Ballarat Avenue of Honour with a Populus Canadensis tree and plaque number 2864
Memorials:	Bungaree Shire Roll of Honor

15 Jan 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6867, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
11 May 1917:	Involvement Private, 6867, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
11 May 1917:	Embarked Private, 6867, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
2 Nov 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions, In Grantham, England
11 Jul 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 21st Infantry Battalion, From Machine Gun Companies and Battalion
2 Nov 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 24th Infantry Battalion, From 21st Battalion
16 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6867, 24th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of John Osborne and Emma Osborne nee Dawson of Leigh Creek, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 4 June 1919 aboard HT Mahia disembarking on 17 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1929c Joseph married Rose May Munro in Victoria