Oliver Nathaniel John OSBORN

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OSBORN, Oliver Nathaniel John

Service Numbers:	173, 1224
Enlisted:	20 August 1914, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Rosewater, South Australia, 20 October 1893
Home Town:	Rosewater (Greytown), Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Daw Park, South Australia, 20 July 1969, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia Plot U. Commemorated with a plaque in the SA Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

20 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 173, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
22 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 173, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide
22 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 173, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
11 Mar 1915:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 173, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 3rd Military due to disciplinary reasons
15 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1224, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Re-enlisted at Adelaide, SA
6 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1224, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Embarked HT Wandilla 6 June 1916 at Melbourne, Victoria
6 Sep 1919:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1224, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Wound to the left foot. Invalided to England on 10 September 1918
5 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1224, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Samuel Osborn amd Julia Maria Osborn nee Dear of Junction Road, Rosewater, SA.

Commenced return to Australia on 3 February 1915 aboard HT Kyarra disembarking on 11 March 1915 for discharge

Commenced return to Australia on 7 July 1919 aboard HT Ajana disembarking on 9 October 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Adelaide

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 12 October 1921 Oliver married Edith Maud Osborn in the Methodist Manse, Malvern, SA. Edith died in 1959c.

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