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Lieutenant John Woodburn Osborne

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Military service

Age: 26
Rank: Lieutenant
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Scottish Rifles
Division: Cameronians
Birth: June 25, 1873 Brant County, Ontario
Death: January 24, 1900 Acton Homes, uThukela District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Burial/memorial information

Additional information

Son of J. Kerr Osborne of Toronto, Ontario.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 31 of the South African War / Nile Expedition Book of Remembrance.
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SPIOENKOP CEMETARY South Africa

From Ladysmith, travel towards the N3 turn off, follow signs to Spioenkop National Battlefield Site (National Monument), about 27 kms. The signage and directions are very clear. There is an entrance fee payable and the cemetery is only open until 4.30pm.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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