Horace Rowland OSBORNE

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OSBORNE, Horace Rowland

Service Number:	7363
Enlisted:	9 June 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Field Ambulance
Born:	Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, 7 March 1890
Home Town:	St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Watchmaker
Died:	Bayswater, Victoria, Australia, 13 June 1940, aged 50 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria M-023-0002. Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance.
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World War 1 Service

9 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7363, 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Enlisted at Melbourne Victoria
22 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 7363, 1st Stationary Hospital (AIF), HMAT Persic, Melbourne
22 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 7363, 1st Stationary Hospital (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 7363, 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
23 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 7363, 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
13 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Australian General Hospital, From 2nd Casualty Clearing Station
9 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Field Ambulance, From 2nd Australian General Hospital
22 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7363, 3rd Field Ambulance, Gassed. Embarked for England on 25 September 1917 aboard HS Newhaven
14 Sep 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7363, 3rd Field Ambulance, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to gassing

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John Alfred Osborne and Emma Edith Marmion Osborne nee Tresize of Beechworth, Victoria.

Apprenticed to A.T. Bratley, Watchmakers for five years.

Next of kin given as his aunt Mrs T Bamford of 'Nyang', Acland Street, St Kilda, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 21 April 1918 aboard HT Suevic disembarking on 7 June 1918

Medals: 19114-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1922c Horace married Lily Victoria Myrlte Hart in Victoria

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