LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer James Campbell OSBORNE
Service No: 3161
Born: 19 March 1903, Location unavailable
Enlisted in the RAAF: Date unavailable
Unit: RAAF Overseas Headquarters
Died: Natural Causes, Indian Ocean, 15 September 1941, Aged 38 Years
Buried: At Sea
CWGC Additional Information: Son of James William Osborne, and of Martha Mary Osborne, of Dee Why, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Manly NSW
Remembered: Column 245, Alamein Memorial, Egypt
Remembered: Panel 128, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 15 September 1941, Pilot Officer Osborne, a Cypher Officer, died at sea of heart failure when travelling to the Middle East on His Majesty’s Transport ship Queen Elizabeth.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/50/32