Leslie James OSMOND

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Service Number:	5742
Enlisted:	10 January 1916, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	9th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 1 December 1892
Home Town:	Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Driver, Bootmaker
Died:	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 6 June 1952, aged 59 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Wall of Memories Services AIF Panel G, Old Section, Niche 19
Memorials:	Newtown Superior Public School Great War Memorial

10 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5742, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
3 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 5742, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
3 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 5742, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Sydney
12 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 9th Field Company Engineers, From 13th Battalion
5 Jan 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 5742, 9th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Albert Osmond and Elizabeth Mary Osmond nee O'Rourke of Newtown, NSW

Served a five year apprenticeship with A. McDonald, Bootmaker of Chippendale, NSW

Husband of E. Ruby Osmond nee Hodgkinson of Regent Street, Newtown, NSW. Leslie and Ruby married in Newton during 1915c

Commenced return to Australia on 22 September 1919 aboard HT Port Sydney disembarking on 12 November 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal