Vere Anderson OSBORN

Regimental number13219
OccupationAccountant
Next of kinFather, T L Osborn, 133 Fitzgerald Street, St Albans, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationGunner
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 14th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery, No 6 Howitzer Battery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tahiti on 26 June 1916
Final rankGunner
Final unit5th Battery, 2nd Brigade, New Zealand Field Artillery
FateKilled in Action 4 August 1917
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialCoxyde Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No 8), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas Lester Osborn and Alice Margaret Osborn, 122 Rose Street, Spreydon, Christchurch
Family/military connectionsBrother: 3/2029 Pte Travis Anderson OSBORN, No 2 Field Ambulance, New Zealand Medical Corps, died of wounds, 17 September 1916.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 34, p. 21