OSMOND, Francis Alfred
| Service Number: | 137 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 April 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | London, England, United Kingdom, September 1884 |
| Home Town: | Red Hill, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of Illness (Influenza), Lytton, Queensland, Australia, 26 May 1919 |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 137, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 24 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 137, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 24 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 137, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Brisbane | |
| 12 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 137, 26th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 7 Apr 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 137, 26th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was the son of Alfred Giles and Ann (nee Stannard) Osmond of Water Street, Red Hill, Brisbane, Queensland. He served in Egypt and France. He was wounded in a bomb explosion in France; shell wound to the chest on 8 July 1917. He returned to Australia on 11 January 1918 and was discharged medically unfit on 7 April 1918. He died post-discharge due to wounds . His age was stated as 32 years, but in fact he was born in 1884 in the St Pancras district of North London.
He is a recent addition to the roll of Great War dead; he was accepted, after research, for commemoration on 14th October 2011. As at February 2018, his burial place has not been located and he is therefore commemorated on CWGC’s Australian Book of Remembrance, ACT, Australia.
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