Walter Herbert OSBORN

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Service Number:	2421
Enlisted:	26 July 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	5th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Portland, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Wood Worker Machinist
Died:	Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 1940, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

26 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2421, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
6 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2421, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
6 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2421, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Sydney
3 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 5th Field Company Engineers, From 20th Battalion
7 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2421, 5th Field Company Engineers, Gassed - slight
29 Oct 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2421, 5th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as wounded

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Abercrombie Street, Sydney, NSW.

His boot making apprenticeship of four years was with J. Fort of Perth, WA

Son of Edward Osborn and Gertrude Osborn of Hill Street, Bayswater, Perth, WA formerly of Portland, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 27 July 1917 aboard HT Demosthenes disembarking on 29 September 1917

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

During 1920c Walter married Lily A. Triglone in Ashfield, NSW