Roy OSBORN

OSBORN, Roy

    Service Numbers: 5070, 5070A
    Enlisted: 8 October 1915, Enlisted at Lithgow, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 33rd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Sunny Corner, New South Wales, Australia, 10 September 1896
    Home Town: Sunny Corner, Bathurst Regional, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Butcher
    Died: Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 21 June 1978, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Bathurst General Cemetery
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    World War 1 Service

    8 Oct 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5070, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Lithgow, NSW
    5 Jun 1916: Involvement Private, 5070, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
    5 Jun 1916: Embarked Private, 5070, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney
    10 Sep 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 33rd Infantry Battalion, From 17th Battalion
    7 Jun 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5070, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Gassed
    25 Apr 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5070A, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Gassed
    30 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5070A, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Third occasion. Shell wound to the thigh
    18 May 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5070A, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of James Osborn and Eliza Oborn nee Gustafson of Sunny Corner, NSW.

    Commenced return to Australia on 7 February 1919 aboard HT Lancashire disembarking on 24 March 1919 at Melbourne the onward travel to Sydney by transport.

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1920c Roy married Mary Carmel 'Babs' Cosgrave in Bathurst, NSW

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