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Francis Ernest OSBORN

Date of birth15 April 1888
Place of birthBurnside, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationVigneron
AddressBundarra, McLaren Vale, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Jane Turnbull Osborn, Rochester Street, Knight's Brifge, South Australia
Enlistment date10 April 1916
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit name43rd Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/60/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 9 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll43rd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 22 July 1917
Discharge date9 November 1917 - medically unfit
Other details

War Service: France

Returned to Australia on board 'Nestor' disembarking at Adelaide on 21 September 1917

Married Frances Helena d'Avenberg on 24 June 1920

Member of State Board of R.S.L. (Vice-President) 1934-37; long time member of Legacy
Date of death3 August 1957
Age at death69

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