Pilot Officer

Edward Read Osborn

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Samuel and Mabel Osborn, of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.

References:
NZ WAR GRAVES
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Edward Read Osborn was born in Dunedin and was the son of Samuel and Mabel Osborn. He trained to be a pilot before the war as a schoolboy at the Taieri aerodrome near Dunedin. He was amongst the firs... Read More

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Casualty

Service Number: 
43644
Name:
Edward Read Osborn
Rank: 
Pilot Officer
Date of Birth:
27 July 1919
Place of Birth:
Otago, Dunedin,
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Occupation on Enlistment:
Clerk
Employer:
New Zealand Paper Mills, Dunedin
Armed Force: 
Air Force
Unit:
Royal Air Force, 102 Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed on air operations
Date of Death:
28 November 1940
Day of Death:
Thursday
Age at Death: 
21
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Royal Air Force (RAF)

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
Panel 9.
Cemetery Location: 
United Kingdom
Edward Read Osborn
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