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OSBORNE, George Ernest
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 329 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, An original of C Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, 1882 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Silversmith |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey Panel 30 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 329, 8th Infantry Battalion, An original of C Company | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 329, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 329, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Husband of Edith May Phoebe Osborne. Father of a son, born in January 1915, 3 months before his father's death on 25 April 1915.
Reported missing, Gallipoli, 25 April 1915, and may have been killed in the boats as a note in his file says, ...did not disembark at Anzac. No further record.'
Court of Enquiry, held at Rouen, France, 3-5 September 1917, concluded 'Killed in action, Gallipoli, about 25 April 1915'.