John Alexander OSBORN

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Service Number:	1247
Enlisted:	3 May 1915, Enlisted at Hamilton, Victoria
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Normanby, Queensland, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Wallacedale, Glenelg, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 1961, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Wallacedale St Paul's Church Honour Roll, Wallacedale WW1 Honour Roll

3 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1247, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Hamilton, Victoria
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 1247, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 1247, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
25 Feb 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, Australian Corps School (AIF), From 23rd Battalion
26 Jun 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 23rd Infantry Battalion, From Australian Corps School
22 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1247, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of John Osborn and ElizabethOsborn nee Wheeler of Wallacedale, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 8 April 1919 aboard HT Tracos Montes disembarking on 22 May 1919

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal