OSBORNE, Arthur Charles
| Service Number: | 321 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1881 |
| Home Town: | Mount Kilcoy, Somerset, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Kangaroo Point, Brisbane - Queensland, Australia, 15 April 1918, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot: 10-42-12 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 321 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 321, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 10 Jul 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 321, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 104, notes reported as a deserter and struck off strength on 10 Jul 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Also served in WW1, Private S.N. 2855, 15th Infantry Battalion AIF.
When Arthur Charles Osborne enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as Miss C. Bell, Maryborough Boardinghouse, Wharf St, Brisbane. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 104, it notes part of his pay was directed to a joint bank account held with Miss C. Bell. The paybooks also note he was struck off strength in July 1901 due to being reported as a deserter.
When he enlisted again at Brisbane in 1915 for WW1 he noted on his Attestation Form dated 6 Aug 1915 that; he was born in Melbourne, was 34 years of age and working as a farmer; he was married and his N.O.K. was his wife Mrs. M. Osborne, Mount Kilcoy; and he had previously served in South Africa with the 7th Contingent? Murray only records one Arthur Charles Osborne on the Boer War Nominal Roll serving in the 6th QIB.
Arthur Charles Osborne was born about 1881 at Melbourne, Victoria (based on WW1 records), a son to George Charles Osborne and Rebecca Osborne (nee Corkin) (based on Qld BDM death record). He married Margaret Bishop on 22 Apr 1908 in Queensland and they had 1 child (adopted). They lived in the Kilcoy area where he was involved in farming pursuits.
(AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 516; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks, Bk 2 p. 104).
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