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OSBORNE, Harold Hensen
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5865 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Sedgwick, Victoria, Australia, April 1892 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Sedgwick State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Machinist |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Lagnicourt, France, 9 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mossman War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 13 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5865, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 5865, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 5865, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne | |
| 9 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 5865, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Joel Carusi
"...5865 Private Harold Hansen Osborne, 12th Reinforcements, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, of South Preston, Vic, aged 23 years. Pte Osborne enlisted on 13 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Wandilla on 9 November 1915. On 26 February 1916 he was transferred to the 4th Divisional Ammunition Column. He was killed in action on 9 April 1917 at Lagnicourt, France, whilst serving with the 2nd Field Artillery Brigade..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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