William John OSBOURNE

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Service Number:	5164
Enlisted:	8 February 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	60th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Warracknabeal, Yarriambiack, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Porter
Died:	Croydon, Victoria, Australia , July 1976, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Matthews Lawn, Row AK, Grave 74. Interred on 20 July 1976
Memorials:

8 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5164, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
1 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 5164, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne
1 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 5164, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
24 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion, At Tel-el-Kebir
25 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion, From 59th Battalion
25 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5164, 60th Infantry Battalion
12 Oct 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5164, 60th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of James Osborne and Mary Ann Osborne nee Sturgess of Gass Street, Warracknabeal, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 23 March 1919 aboard HT Czar then transhipped to HT Dongala at Alexandria diembarking at Melbourne on 16 May 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1920c William married Sylvia Webb in Victoria