William Henry OSBORNE

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OSBORNE, William Henry

Service Number:	411513
Enlisted:	24 May 1941
Last Rank:	Pilot Officer
Last Unit:	No. 1 Bombing and AIr Gunnery School / No. 1 Air Observers School / Evans Head
Born:	Milton, New South Wales, Australia, 25 February 1922
Home Town:	Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Flying Accident, Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia, 11 September 1944, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Evans Head War Cemetery, NSW Plot B Row B Grave 9.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Pilot Officer, 411513
24 May 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 411513
11 Sep 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 411513, No. 1 Bombing and AIr Gunnery School / No. 1 Air Observers School / Evans Head

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Avro Anson LT781 of Number 1 Air Observer School crashed near Glen Innes, NSW killing all on board: ERVIN, William John (LAC) 431474 / OSBORNE, William Henry (Pilot Officer) 411513 / EDWARDS, Roy Cecil (LAC) 440278 / NOBLE, James Ian Brisbane (Flight Sergeant) 36496 / McCORMACK, Joan Mary (Sergeant) 92527 of the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force

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