OSBORNE, Josiah William
| Service Number: | 410 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 January 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, June 1895 |
| Home Town: | Hackney, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Yongala and Petersburgh State Schools, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | SW buttocks, left foot & head, 1st Southern General Hospital, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, 16 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Birmingham (Lodge Hill) Cemetery, Warwickshire, England His name is remembered on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Screen Wall B10. |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Peterborough Public School Honour Board WW1, St Peters Heroes War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 410, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 31 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 410, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 31 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 410, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 410, 27th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date - 16th August......Private Josiah William Osborne was born at Renmark, South Australia around 1895. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 25th January, 1915 as a 19 year old Labourer from Hackney, South Australia.
Private Osborne embarked from Adelaide, South Australia on HMAT Geelong (A2) on 31st May, 1915 with the 7th Infantry Brigade, 27th Infantry Battalion “B” Company then later embarked from Alexandria on 4th September, 1915 to join M.E.F. at Gallipoli.
Private Osborne was admitted to 13th Casualty Clearing Hospital at Anzac on 24th September, 1915 with severe Pyrrhoea; transferred to Hospital at Mudros & eventually rejoined his Battalion on 29th December, 1915.
After the evacuation of Gallipoli Private Osborne arrived in Alexandria on 10th January, 1916. He arrived in France on 21st March, 1916.
Private Osborne was wounded in action in France on 5th August, 1916 & invalided to England where he was admitted to 1st Southern General Hospital, Birmingham, England on 10th August, 1916.
Private Josiah William Osborne died on 16th August, 1916 at 1st Southern General Hospital, Birmingham, England from wounds received in action in France – shrapnel wounds to buttocks, left foot & head. He was buried in Lodge Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, West Midlands, England – his name is remembered on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Screen Wall B10. 294 as he does not have a headstone.
There are 54 other WW1 Australian Wargraves in Lodge Hill Cemetery, Birmingham.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/-lodge-hill.html
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