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Noel Birdwood Osborne

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Noel Birdwood AWMM
  • Surname
    Osborne AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    37122 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    14 August 1917 Public - Jenny - Other relative - 2 May 2016 - genealogy research
  • Place of birth
    Palmerston North, NZ Public - Jenny - Other relative - 2 May 2016 - genealogy research
  • Birth notes
    Son of Ernest William Atwood & Emma Elizabeth OSBORNE, of Palmerston North Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 July 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/noel-birdwood-osborne
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
    • Husband of Mercia Hazel Elizabeth Osborne, of Onehunga, Auckland, Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 July 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/noel-birdwood-osborne

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    37122 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Ernest William Atwood Osborne and Emma Elizabeth Osborne, of Palmerston North; husband of Mercia Hazel Elizabeth Osborne, of Onehunga, Auckland AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    30 December 1943 AWMM
    Age 26 AWMM
    Italy, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy AWMM XVI. B. 31. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    REPORTED WOUNDED - GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXI, ISSUE 21301, 13 JANUARY 1944, PAGE 4
    Osborne, Pte. Noel Birdwood. Wife: Mrs M. H. F. Osborne, Gisborne

    Then REPORTED DIED FROM WOUNDS
    Osborne, Private Noel Bird woo d; wife. Mrs. M. H. E. Osborne, Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 July 2023 - GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXI, ISSUE 21303, 15 JANUARY 1944, PAGE 4
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM

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Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2375929
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.362 AWMM
    • Puttick, E. (1960). 25 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
27 July 2023Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher
13 January 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
02 May 2016JennyAucklandOther relative

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