OSBORNE, Samuel Francis
| Service Number: | 343 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 30 January 1877 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 21 July 1957, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Brisbane Grammar School Boer War Honour Board |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 343 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 343, 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. | |
| 23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 343, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Samuel Francis Osborne enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Ape 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as W. H. Osborne, Brisbane. In the original Nominal Roll for the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, it is noted his N.OK. was his father W. H. Osborne, Brisbane.
Samuel Francis Osborne was born on 30 Jan 1877 in Queensland, a son to William Henry Osborne an Jane Osborne (nee Peat). He married Fanny Ellen Bailey on 18 Jan 1906 in Queensland and they had 1 child.
(source- AWM Boer War Nomina Roll, Murray p. 516; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 5).
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