Alfred Weymouth OSBORNE

OSBORNE, Alfred Weymouth

Service Numbers: 849, V82342
Enlisted: 17 September 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Second Lieutenant
Last Unit: 12th Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia, 27 February 1887
Home Town: Albury, Albury Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Warehouseman
Died: Fairfield, Victoria, Australia, 22 July 1948, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria
Garden of Remembrance A3, 30, Niche 113
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World War 1 Service

17 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 849, 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
2 Feb 1915: Involvement Driver, 849, 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Chilka embarkation_ship_number: A51 public_note: ''
2 Feb 1915: Embarked Driver, 849, 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance, HMAT Chilka, Melbourne
25 Jan 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 11th Field Artillery Brigade
20 Dec 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 12th Field Artillery Brigade
30 Jan 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District

World War 2 Service

16 Dec 1939: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , V82342, Enlisted at South Melbourne, Victoria
19 Apr 1944: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , V82342, Discharged with the rank of Captain

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John Alfred Osborne and Emma Edith Marmion Osborne nee Trezise of Tasmania.

Next of kin given as his sister A.G. Colhourn of Griffiths Street, Albury, NSW

Between 20 January 1919 and 19 March 1919 he was granted leave to contact textile manufacturers in England.

Commenced return to Australia on 1 August 1919 aboard HT Argylleshire disembarking 22 September 1919

Medals WW1: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1920c Alfred married Eileen Margaret Bryan.

Medals WW2: 1939-45 Star, War Medal, Australian Service Medal

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