OSBORN, Cecil John
Service Number: | 14130 |
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Enlisted: | 14 February 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Sapper |
Last Unit: | 13th Field Company Engineers |
Born: | Railway Town, Broken Hill, New South Wales, 4 November 1889 |
Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Argent Street Technical School |
Occupation: | Carpenter |
Died: | Died of Wounds (GSW right knee joint), Zonnebeke, Belgium, 19 October 1917, aged 27 years |
Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery On 07 Nov 1923, body was found and reinterned in Plot 25; Row H; Grave 13. His name is also located at panel 24 in the Commemorative Area at the AWM, Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broken Hill Barrier District Roll of Honour, Broken Hill Old Burke Ward Boys Roll of Honor, Broken Hill Railwaytown War Memorial, Broken Hill War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
14 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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2 May 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Sapper, 14130, 13th Field Company Engineers, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' |
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2 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 14130, 13th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
26 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 14130, 14th Field Company Engineers, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
26 Jan 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 14130, 13th Field Company Engineers, 1st Passchendaele | |
31 Jul 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Third Ypres | |
31 Jul 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Third Ypres | |
31 Jul 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Third Ypres |
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Father ______ (d. Nov. 1914) and Mother Mrs Elizabeth Osborn, Pell Street, Railway town, Broken Hill NSW. (Mother later remarried 1917 Mr W W Bell - known as Mrs Elizabeth Bell living at Park Terrace, Quorn, SA).
Brother #14131 William Francis Osborn (25 years old), enlisted 22/2/1916, embarked with Cecil, as a Sapper, 3rd reinforcements, 13th Field Company Engineers.
Brother: Edwin Maurice Osborn.
Last lived at Railway town, Broken Hill, NSW.
He had previously attended Argent Street Technical School, for his carpentry apprenticeship.
Previous service 81st Senior Cadets (1 year); transferred to 81st Citizen Forces; transferred to 12th Field Company (12 months still serving on enlisting).
Described on enlisting as 21 years 3 month old; single; 5' 6 1/4" tall; 135lbs; dark complexion; blue eyes; dark hair; Methodist.
14/2/1916 Completed medical in Adelaide - fit for service
Enlisted in Adelaide
22/2-15/3/1916 Commanding Officer appointed Private Osborn to the
D Company, 2nd Depot Battalion - Mitcham Camp
16/3/1916 Sapper in the Base Engineers
2/5/1916 Embarked out of Sydney onboard the HMAT Hororata A20
as a Sapper, 3rd reinforcements, 13th Field Company Engineers.
29/6/1916 Joined Diivisional Troops, Tel El Kebir, Egypt
2/8/1916 Embarked overseas with Divisional Troops Depot, ex Alexandria
26/1/1917 Proceeding overseas to France, ex Folkestone, per SS Princess Victoria
27/1/1917 Marched in to Etaples, France
12/2/1917 Taken on strength and transferred to 13th Field Company Engineers, France
19/10/1917 Admitted to hospital - Gun shot wound to right knee joint
3rd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station
Zonnebeke, Belgium
19/10/1917 Died of wounds received in action
20/11/1917 Reverend A H Desmoon attended
Buried in: Soldiers Cemetery 1
40000.Sh.27.L22.of.6.3
7/11/1923 His body was found and reinterned in:
Plot XXV (25); Row H; Grave 13
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.
written on his headstone: "No Burdens Yonder
all sorrows past
No burdens yonder
home at last"
Medals:
British War medal (40046); Victory medal (39656); Memorail Plaque and Memorial Scroll (336179).
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 20 October 2014. Lest we forget.