William Gumley OSBORNE

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OSBORNE, William Gumley

Service Number:	30812
Enlisted:	9 October 1916, Enlisted at Hobart, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	14th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 17 June 1895
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Tasmania, Australia, 19 February 1939, aged 43 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania Roman Catholic, Section H, Grave 544. Interred on 21 February 1939. Commemorated with a plaque in the Hobart Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:	Hobart Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

9 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 30812, 15th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Hobart, Tasmania
23 Nov 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 30812, 15th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 30812, 15th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
30 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Light Trench Mortar Battery, From 15th Field Artillery Brigade
9 Nov 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column, From 8th Light Trench Mortar Battery
6 Feb 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , From 5th Divisional Ammunition Column
29 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 30812, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Shell wound to the left thigh. Invalided to England on 1 September 1918
6 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 30812, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 6th Military District as wounded

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John Osborne and Theresa Agnes Osborne nee Gumley of Montpelier Road, Hobart, Tasmania.

Commenced return to Australia on 31 March 1919 aborda HS Wandilo disembarking on 18 May 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Hobart.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 26 October 1920 William married Myrtle Ada Patricia McMahon in Holy Redeemer Church, Deloraine, Tasmania

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