Thomas Ernest Osborne

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First Name:

Thomas

Middle Name:

Ernest

Last Name:

Osborne

Mother's Name:

Hannah Osborne (nee Field)

Father's Name:

Bartholomew Osborne

Date Enlisted:

Monday, June 12, 1916

Rank at Enlistment:

Private

Rank at Discharge:

Private

Unit:

45th Battalion

Service:

Infantry

Awards:

British War Medal

Victory Medal

1914/15 Star

Date of Death:

Sunday, December 10, 1916

Place of Death:

England

Cause of Death:

Broncho-pneumonia

Details:

Thomas Osborne (Service No 2696) was born around 1882 in Cardiff, near Orange, N.S.W. In 1903 he married Florence McLean and they had 5 children together.

Thomas enlisted when he was 33 years old and lived in Wollongong, N.S.W. where he worked at a smelter.

Thomas embarked from Sydney on board HMAT A40 Ceramic with 6th Reinforcements, 45th Battalion on 7th October 1916. He arrived in England on 21st November 1916 but soon after became ill. He was admitted to the Military Hospital at Sutton Veny on 10th December 1916 where he died of pneumonia.

Thomas was buried with full military honours at Codford St Mary New Churchyard, Wiltshire, England: Grave 45.

Thomas' brother Reuben also served, and was killed in action in Messines, Belgium.

Sources:

NAA: B2455, OSBORNE THOMAS ERNEST