Robert Arthur OSBORNE

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Service Number:	2618
Enlisted:	13 October 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	Australian Mounted Divisional Train
Born:	Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Camperdown, Corangamite, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Dairyman
Died:	Willaura, Victoria, Australia, 7 July 1977, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Camperdown Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Camperdown, Victoria
Memorials:

13 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2618, Camel Corps, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
20 Feb 1917:	Involvement Private, 2618, Camel Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Morea embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
20 Feb 1917:	Embarked Private, 2618, Camel Corps, RMS Morea, Melbourne
6 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Mounted Divisional Train
19 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 2618, Australian Mounted Divisional Train, Wound to the knee
20 Jan 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 2618, Australian Mounted Divisional Train, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Charles Osborne and Elizabeth Barbara Osborne nee Bruce of Bostock Creek, Camperdown, Victoria.

Brother of Benjamin Sydney Osborne who returned to Australia on 13 April 1918 having served with the 8th Machine Gun Company.

Commenced return to Australia on 17 July 1919 aboard HT Dunluce Castle disembarking on 26 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1922c Robert married Eva Ryan in Victoria