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OSBOURNE, George

Service Number:	1747
Enlisted:	24 July 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Lance Sergeant
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Colchester, Essex, England, 3 January 1883
Home Town:	Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Selector
Died:	Natural causes, Bundaberg, Queensland, 24 July 1972, aged 89 years
Cemetery:	Bundaberg General Cemetery, Queensland Bundaberg Lawn Cemetery, Rose Garden - Grave 22
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

24 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1747, Brisbane, Queensland
17 Aug 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1747, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
17 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1747, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
12 Oct 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1747, 26th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
26 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 26th Infantry Battalion
5 Nov 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1747, 26th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, 2nd occasion - Shell wound
21 Dec 1916:	Honoured Military Medal and bar
13 Apr 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 26th Infantry Battalion
27 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 1747, 26th Infantry Battalion, 3rd occasion - GSW (chest and back)
7 Nov 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, ANZAC / Gallipoli
10 Jul 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 1747, 26th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Vicky Taylor

aka George William DINES