Ernest James OSBORNE

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Service Number:	4280
Enlisted:	31 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Warrnambool, Warrnambool, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, 9 June 1940, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Presbyterian, Section 5E, Zone A, Grave 1019. Grave in not marked
Memorials:	Warrnambool Woollen Mill Honor Roll

31 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4280, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
29 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 4280, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
29 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 4280, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
6 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4280, 6th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Edward Osborne and Victoria Mary Osborne of Banyan Street, Warrnambool, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 28 March 1919 aboard HT City of Poona disembarking on 14 May 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal