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Second Lieutenant Donald Springer Osborne
1896 - 1918 (22 years)
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Name Donald Springer Osborne Prefix Second Lieutenant Born 30 Jul 1896 , Ontario, Canada 
Gender Male Interesting misfortune, war, military Military WW1 - Osborne, Donald Springer Private. His address is Preston, Ontario but he lived in North Dumfries. He was killed in action.1a
1aOsborne, Donald Springer: Grace Schmidt Room Digital Collection. (2016). Vitacollections.ca. Retrieved 15 May 2016, from https://vitacollections.ca/kpl-gsr/2845939/data?n=1
Osborne, Donald Springer Private.
His address is Preston, Ontario but he lived in North Dumfries. He was killed in action.
Osborne, Donald Springer: Grace Schmidt Room Digital Collection. (2016). Vitacollections.ca. Retrieved 15 May 2016, from https://vitacollections.ca/kpl-gsr/2845939/data?n=1Military 1914 WW1 [1] WW1, Private Military 1914 WW1 WW1, Second Lieutenant Residence CA 1916 Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Misfortune 1918 Killed in WW1 Residence North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [1] Eby ID Number Waterloo-65504 Died 5 Oct 1918 , Wiltshire, England Buried Upavon Church Cemetery, Upavon, , Wiltshire, England Person ID I65504 Generations Last Modified 6 Apr 2024
Father Robert Bryson Osborne, b. 25 May 1859, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 1922 (Age 62 years) Mother Charlotte Mary Springer, b. 17 Jun 1861, East Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada , d. 1937 (Age 75 years) Family ID F31562 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Osborne, Donald Springer Private. His address is Preston, Ontario but he lived in North Dumfries. He was killed in action.1a
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Notes - Donald Osborne attended Upper Canada College, the Huron Street Public School, and Saint Andrew's College before entering UTS in 1910. He joined the Royal Air Force in 1917, training in Deseronto, Ontario and in Everman, Texas as well as Leaside Airfield. He went overseas in 1918, the year in which his older brother, Eric, won the Military Cross. Osborne finished his training at Upavon, England, and was about to leave for France when his plane crashed at Zeebrugge, Belgium. He died of his wounds at the Military Hospital at Tidworth, and is buried in Upavon Church Cemetery in Wiltshire, England; he is also commemorated in the Anglican Church of the Redeemer at Avenue Road and Bloor Street. When UTS held its first service to commemorate the men who had died in the war, Osborne's name was inexplicably omitted from the list of the fallen, and he appears first on the memorial plaque, even though the rest of the names are in alphabetical order. This suggests that his name was added belatedly, likely due to a lack of information. "For Canada and the Empire; for God, for King, for Country."
https://www.utschools.ca/WWI/discoveruts/FWWCP/Donald%20Springer%20Osborne.aspx
- Donald Osborne attended Upper Canada College, the Huron Street Public School, and Saint Andrew's College before entering UTS in 1910. He joined the Royal Air Force in 1917, training in Deseronto, Ontario and in Everman, Texas as well as Leaside Airfield. He went overseas in 1918, the year in which his older brother, Eric, won the Military Cross. Osborne finished his training at Upavon, England, and was about to leave for France when his plane crashed at Zeebrugge, Belgium. He died of his wounds at the Military Hospital at Tidworth, and is buried in Upavon Church Cemetery in Wiltshire, England; he is also commemorated in the Anglican Church of the Redeemer at Avenue Road and Bloor Street. When UTS held its first service to commemorate the men who had died in the war, Osborne's name was inexplicably omitted from the list of the fallen, and he appears first on the memorial plaque, even though the rest of the names are in alphabetical order. This suggests that his name was added belatedly, likely due to a lack of information. "For Canada and the Empire; for God, for King, for Country."
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Sources - [S2231] Military - Kitchener Public Library - Soldier Information Card Collection - World War One.
- [S2231] Military - Kitchener Public Library - Soldier Information Card Collection - World War One.
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Born - 30 Jul 1896 - , Ontario, Canada 
Residence - CA 1916 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada 
Residence - - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada 
Died - 5 Oct 1918 - , Wiltshire, England 
Buried - - Upavon Church Cemetery, Upavon, , Wiltshire, England = Link to Google Earth
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