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Frank Robert Warland OSBORNE

Regimental number1900
Place of birthRochester, Victoria
Schoolwesley College, Melbourne, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationPlanter
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, James Robert Osborne, Milne Bay via Samarai, Papua
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date13 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Light Horse Regiment, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/7/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A36 Boonah on 22 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of wounds 6 June 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialWesthof Farm Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. I), Neuve-Eglise, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
17
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Nellie OSBORNE, Tunstall, Victoria. Native of Rochester, Victoria

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