James Herbert OSMOND

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Service Number:	2173
Enlisted:	13 May 1916, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	33rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cobar, New South Wales, Australia, 1881
Home Town:	Vacy, Dungog, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 3 June 1956, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Dungog Paterson Cemetery
Memorials:

13 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2173, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, NSW
24 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 2173, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
24 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 2173, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney
11 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2173, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Severe wound to the jaw. Invalided to England on 18 August 1918
10 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2173, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of Thomas Osmond and Mary Osmond of Cobar, NSW.

During 1903c James married Frances Ann Clarke of Vacy via Pattinson, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 24 December 1918 aboard HT Takada disembarking on 11 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal