OSBORNE, Gerald Rudolph
| Service Number: | 3220 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 November 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 26 February 1893 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Fortitude Valley State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in action, France, 25 April 1918, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial Villers-Bretonneux, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nambour Heroes Walk, Nambour Maroochy Shire War Dead Memorial, New Farm Fortitude Valley School Great War Honour Roll, North Arm Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3220, 49th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 23 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 3220, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 3220, 49th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Gerald was the son of John Moore Osborne and Mary Osborne, of Teneriffe, Brisbane, Queensland.
His younger brother, 4807 Pte. Harold Osborne 15th Battalion was captured by the Germans near Gueudecourt, France on 1 February 1917, and was a prisoner of war until released in late 1918.
Gerald served with the 49th Battalion at the front from July 1917. In the early hours of Anzac Day 1918 the 49th participated in the now legendary attack to dislodge the enemy from Villers-Bretonneux. Gerald was killed during the attack and has no known grave.
His few personal possessions were lost when the ship transporting them to Australia was sunk by a German U-Boat.
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