Osborne Alexander Leslie CHILCOTT

CHILCOTT, Osborne Alexander Leslie

Service Numbers: 805, 283
Enlisted: 24 August 1914, Rockhampton, Queensland
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd Light Horse Regiment
Born: Tamworth, New South Wales, 11 September 1880
Home Town: Singleton, Northumberland, New South Wales
Schooling: Unknown
Occupation: Sheep overseer
Died: Natural causes, Kew, Victoria, 11 December 1957, aged 77 years
Cemetery: Keilor Cemetery, Victoria
Section L, Grave 810
Memorials: Singleton War Memorial
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Boer War Service

1 Dec 1899: Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 805, New South Wales Lancers, The Boer Offensive

World War 1 Service

24 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 283, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Rockhampton, Queensland
24 Sep 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 283, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
24 Sep 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 283, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane
9 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 283, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
12 Jul 1916: Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 283, 2nd Light Horse Regiment

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Osborne Alexander Leslie CHILCOTT was born in Tamworth, NSW on 11th September, 1880

His parents were Charles Champion CHILCOTT & Alice Charlotte MILLER who married in Tamworth in 1878

He married Eleanor Margaret CLOAK on 30th March, 1918 in Queensland