Robert OSBURN

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Service Number:	7282
Enlisted:	15 December 1916, Enlisted at Geelong, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 30 May 1891
Home Town:	Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 31 December 1963, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Geelong Eastern Cemetery, Victoria Church of England, Section 14, Grave 196. Interred on 2 January 1964
Memorials:

15 Dec 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7282, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Geelong, Victoria
19 Feb 1917:	Involvement Private, 7282, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
19 Feb 1917:	Embarked Private, 7282, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne
8 Dec 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion, In England from the 7th Battalion
21 Mar 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7282, 8th Infantry Battalion, Gassed. Embarked for England on 26 March 1918 aboard HS Pieter de Conick
22 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7282, 8th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Robert Osburn and Margaret Osburn nee Mason of Alexander Avenue, East Geelong, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 25 January 1919 aboard HT Ceramic disembarking on 23 March 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal