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OSBORNE, Jack Boughton
| Service Number: | 2755 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 July 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Camberwell, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bank Official |
| Died: | Monbulk, Victoria, Australia, 14 September 1969, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Burwood General Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Church of England 3, Section N, Grave 12. Commemorated in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance, Wall 21, Row J. |
| Memorials: | Newtown Geelong College WW1 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2755, 58th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 2 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2755, 58th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2755, 58th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 6 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2755, 58th Infantry Battalion, Gassed. Invalided to England on 9 August 1918 | |
| 24 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2755, 58th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to gassing |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Henry William Osborne and Elizabeth Emma Osborne nee Cassidy of King Street, Melbourne, Victoria.
Commenced return to Australia on 6 January 1919 aboard HT Bakara disembarking on 14 February 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1921c Jack married Florence Muriel Woods in Victoria