Henry OSMAN

OSMAN, Henry

    Service Number: 3759
    Enlisted: 3 November 1915, Enlisted at Ascot, WA
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 13th Light Trench Mortar Battery
    Born: London, England, 1885
    Home Town: Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Draper
    Died: Perth, Western Australia, 1956, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
    Baptist, Section CA, Grave 2018. Does not have a headstone.
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    World War 1 Service

    3 Nov 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3759, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Ascot, WA
    12 Feb 1916: Involvement Private, 3759, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
    12 Feb 1916: Embarked Private, 3759, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle
    2 Apr 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 28th Battalion
    22 Jul 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 13th Light Trench Mortar Battery, From 51st Battalion
    26 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 3759, 13th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Address at the time of enlistment was Kalgoorlie, WA

    Son of Henry Osman and Eliza Osman nee Davey of Exminster, Exeter, Devonshire, England.

    On 8 July 1918 Henry married Ethel Annie Butcher in St. John de Sepulchre Parish Church, Norwich, Norfolk, England. Vicar Alexander Henderson officiated.

    Commenced return to Australia on 21 June 1919 aboard HT Konigin Luise disembarking on 2 August 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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