PERSONAL DETAILS
Name/Alias	James OSBORNE
Birth date and place	c. 1825 Okehampton, Devon, England.
Baptism date and place
Civil Census Residences	5 Morley Place, St Andrews, Plymouth, England (1861). (Widow Mary and daughter Sarah Ann only).
Trade	Sawyer/Carpenter.
Physical Description	Height: 5 ft. 8½ ins. Complexion: fair. Eyes: grey. Hair: light brown. Marks or Scars: 2 scars on the chin.
Marriage date and place	Unknown.
Spouse	Mary DREW.
Children	Sarah Ann b. 1853, Fremantle, Western Australia. Lydia Jane b. 1856, Fremantle, Western Australia. Louisa May b. 1857 (d.1857), Fremantle, Western Australia.
Death date and place	April 1860 Essex Street, Plymouth, Devon.
Burial date and place	22 Apr 1860 Ford Park Cemetery, Plymouth, Devon. Section B, No. 004, Row 037.
Will and Probate	None.
Death/Funeral Notices
ARMY SERVICE DETAILS
Corps and Company	Royal Engineers 20th Company (formerly Royal Sappers & Miners).
Service No. and Rank	#2021 Sapper.
Attestation date and place	25 May 1848, Devonport, Devon.
Service/Campaigns	Western Australia 6 years 4 months.
Musters	WO11-126 20th Company, Woolwich (1851). WO11-130 (1852) to WO11-158 (1858) Western Australia.
Promotions	Sapper to 2nd Corporal 1 Nov 1858.
Medals, Clasps and Badges	Two Good Conduct Badges.
Other Awards & Prizes	The Great Exhibition 1851. Bronze Medal and Present.
Casualty/Medical	Invalided 11 Jan 1858 [Barker p.164]. Phthisis. Invalided from Western Australia with Asthma in January 1858. Admitted to the Royal Engineers Hospital 24th January 1858 (sic) with Asthma [and] remained under treatment till 11th June. Readmitted with Phthisis 19th October discharged 6th November. Each time he was discharged to attend hospital. Readmitted with Phthisis 18th December 1858 and still remains under treatment. He has the usual symptoms of a man in the advanced stage of Phthisis. Disease caused by constitutional predisposition aided by close and insufficient sleeping accommodation. Unfit for further service in consequence of pulmonary disease. [Chatham May 10th 1859].
Courts Martial	None.
Discharge date and place	24 May 1859 Chatham.
Length of Service	11 years.
Chelsea Pension Reference	WO97-1363-44.
Post Discharge Residence	C.R.E. Office, Devonport.
Pension	8d. per diem for 2½ years.
ARRIVAL IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Ship	Marion.
Departure and Arrival dates	Dep. Plymouth 2 Nov 1851. Arr. Fremantle 30 Jan 1852.
Occupations post-arrival in WA	Instructing Warder.
Subscriptions to Funds	None.
Land Acquisition	None in Western Australia.
Newspaper Articles	Perth Gazette 21 Jan 1853.
Ship ex-WA	Dolphin.
Departure date and destination	Dep. Fremantle 2 Feb 1858 for London.