Percy Samuel OSMOND

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Service Number:	2626
Enlisted:	6 June 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Horsham, Wimmera, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Horsham, Victoria, Australia, 10 May 1968, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Horsham Cemetery, Victoria Interred on 11 May 1968
Memorials:	Port Fairy School Roll of Honor

6 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2626, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
21 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2626, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2626, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Melbourne
26 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2626, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Gassed
25 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2626, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Samuel Osmond and Mary Elizabeth Osmond nee McDonald of Wilson Street, Horsham, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 23 July 1919 aboard HT Main disembarking on 11 October 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1922c Percy married Williamina Beatrice Edmundson in Victoria. In 1923 Percy received a grant under the War Service Home Act 1918-1920.