Reginald Harry OSBORNE

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OSBORNE, Reginald Harry

Service Number:	6362
Enlisted:	14 October 1916, Enlisted at Mackay, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Birmingham, England, 1880
Home Town:	Pinnacle, Mackay, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

14 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6362, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Mackay, QLD
23 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 6362, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
23 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 6362, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
20 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6362, 26th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right. Embarked for England on 25 September 1917 aboard HS Esquio
27 Apr 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6362, 26th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Walter James Osborne of White Lion Hotel, Smithfords Street, Coventry, England

Apprenticed frame fitter with Cloucester Carriage Works, England.

Next of kin later changed to his wife Millicent Osborne of Fanny Road, Alumrock, Birmingham, England

Commenced return to Australia on 30 January 1918 aboard HT Euripides disembarking on 23 February 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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