OSBORN, William Horace Gladstone
| Service Number: | 409 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 February 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mylor, South Australia, 31 January 1890 |
| Home Town: | Mylor, Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Muirden College |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, Pozières, France, 26 August 1916, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Aldgate War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Echunga War Memorial, Mylor War Memorial, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick, South Australia | |
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| 31 May 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 409, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' |
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| 31 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 409, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 12 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 409, 27th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 409, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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"LATE PTE. W. H. G. OSBORN
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Osborn, of Aldgate, formerly of Echunga and Mitcham, have been advised by the military authorities that their youngest son, Pte. W. H. G. Osborn, was killed in action in France on August 25. He enlisted in January, 1915, and left South Australia on May 31 of the same year. He saw active service on Gal- lipoli before proceeding to France. He was a member of the church choir at Echunga, and was held in high esteem by the local townspeople. The deceased, who completed his education at Muirden College, was engaged in clerical work for several years, and latterly followed farming and other pursuits. He was the only brother of Mr. C. J. G. Osborn, of Unley." - from the Adelaide Register 21 Sep 1916 (nla.gov.au)
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