Richard Bert OSBORNE

Regimental number42383
OccupationCompositor
Next of kinWife, Mrs R B Osborne, Glenfield Road, Birkenhead, Auckland
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 24th Reinforcements (1st Draft), Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 81 Devon on 5 April 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 22 October 1917
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XXIX, Plot A, Row No 15), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Wife: Mrs R.B. Osborne, Glenfield Road, Birkenhead, Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 59, p. 4