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Second World War/Korean War Veteran's Group of Four, Lieutenant Harold R. Osborn, Lincoln and Welland Regiment, PPCLI: Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; War Medal 1939-1945; Korea Medal (ZB 10201 H.R. OSBORN); and United Nations Korea Medal (ZB 10201 H.R. OSBORN). Naming is officially impressed on the KM and impressed on the UNKM, the Second World War pair are un-named. Un-mounted, original ribbons, bruising on the UNKM, light contact, near extremely fine. Accompanied by copies of his Certificate of Service, Attestation Paper, Index Cards, Service Records and assorted research papers.
Footnote: Harold Robert Osborn was born on November 14, 1916. He signed his Non-Permanent Active Militia of Canada Attestation Paper as a Corporal (B-557014) with the 2nd Battalion, Lincoln and Welland Regiment, on August 13, 1940 at Fort Erie, Ontario, naming his next-of-kin as his mother, Mrs. Carol Osborn of Fort Erie, which was later changed to his wife, Mrs. Evelyn Smith Osborn of Fort Erie, stating that he had no previous military service, that his religion was Protestant and that his trade was that of Sheet Metal Worker. He arrived at Niagara Camp for twelve days' training on September 9th, finishing on the 21st and was promoted to Acting Sergeant on December 17, 1940. He remained with the 2nd Battalion, Lincoln and Welland Regiment until January 20, 1942, when he was officially discharged from Non-Permanent Active Militia service, in the rank of Sergeant, in order to enlisted for Second World War service.Osborn enlisted as a Private (B-557014) on January 6, 1942 at No. 2 District Depot, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps Service Wing, Canadian Infantry Corps, in Toronto, Ontario, naming his next-of-kin as his wife, Mrs. Evelyn Smith Osborn. He was posted to No. 20 Canadian Army Basic Training Centre in Brantford, Ontario on February 6, 1942, where he saw two rank promotions: to Acting Lance Corporal on February 7th and to Lance Corporal on April 1st. He reverted to the rank of Private, on ceasing to be employed at No. 20 Canadian Army Basic Training Centre on April 8th. He was transferred to A-5 Royal Canadian Engineers Training Centre in Petawawa, Ontario on April 10, 1942, where he was to see a promotion to Acting Lance Corporal on June 1st. He was promoted to Acting Corporal and employed as an Instructor at the Reinforcement School of Instruction and later, the Home War Establishment School of Instruction beginning on September 1st. While at Petawawa, he qualified in the Senior Drill and Weapon Training Course on September 7th, achieving the ranks of Corporal on September 12th and Acting Lance Sergeant on December 1st. Two weeks after attaining the rank of Acting Lance Sergeant, he was attached to No. 31 Canadian Battle Drill Training Centre in Vernon, British Columbia on December 16th, where he attended the 8th Battle Drill Course. He was promoted to the rank of Acting Sergeant whilst covering a vacancy of Sergeant Instructor, on February 1, 1943, then promoted to Sergeant on February 25th. He was attached to S-3 Canadian Small Arms School at Long Branch, Ontario for five weeks, where he took the Platoon Weapons Course, from September 10 to October 16, 1943, then was promoted to Corporal on November 1st. In the Spring of 1944, Osborn was posted to A-10 Canadian Infantry Training Centre at Camp Borden on March 31st, for five months, until August 19th, at which point he was posted to No. 1 Officer Selection Appraisal Centre (OSAC) in Brockville, Ontario. Osborn was promoted to the rank of 2nd Lieutenant on February 10, 1945, volunteered for service in the Pacific theater on May 19th and qualified as a Lieutenant (Infantry). He was posted to A-21 Canadian Ordnance Electrical Mechanical Engineer Training Centre on July 20th, before being sent to the United States, where he was posted to Fort Benning in Georgia on August 8, 1945. His American posting would last six weeks, until September 18th, before he returned to Canada, where he was posted to A-10 Canadian Infantry Training Centre at Camp Borden on September 24th. As the Second World War had concluded, he was taken on strength at No. 2 District Depot in Toronto, on October 6, 1945, where he was promoted to Captain on October 27th. Osborn was struck off strength upon return to Reserve Status with the Lincoln and Welland Regiment on January 12, 1946, credited with having served in Canada and the United States. For his Second World War service, he was awarded the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and the War Medal 1939-1945. Lieutenant Osborn (TB1620) continued to serve with the Lincoln and Welland Regiment for next fifty-seven months, before being struck off strength of the Supplementary Reserve (Central Command), on transfer to the Canadian Army Special Force on October 26, 1950 and was taken on strength the following day, where he would assume the rank of Lieutenant (ZB 10201) in the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps. Osborn was sent to Wainwright, Alberta, to join the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, for eventual service in the Korean theatre, on November 6, 1950, finishing his training there on the 24th. He was then posted to Fort Lewis near Tacoma, Washington on November 30th, before proceeding to Korea with the Advance Water Party on March 28, 1951. He was granted a temporary rank in the Special Service Force and appointed to the Active Force in the rank of Lieutenant (Short Service Officer, five years) effective September 7, 1951, to have seniority in that rank from October 27, 1950 and to continue in that posting within the Special Force. Osborn was posted to Korea with the 2nd Battalion, PPCLI on October 7, 1951. After six months in the Korean theatre, he embarked for Japan on April 3, 1952, followed two weeks later by his embarkation from the Far East for Canada on April 16th. For his Korean War service, he was awarded the Korea Medal and United Nations Korea Medal. Upon arrival in Canada, he was transferred from the Canadian Army (Special Force) to 25 Canadian Reinforcement Group on April 17th, then posted the 2nd Battalion, PPCLI in Calgary, Alberta on June 30th. That Fall, he was posted to the Royal Canadian School of Infantry at Camp Borden, from October 8 to December 8, 1952, then returned to the 2nd Battalion, PPCLI in Calgary. It was here that he was to receive additional training for his upcoming service in post-war Europe. He was posted to the Advance Water Party on September 28, 1953, embarked Canada on October 7thand disembarked in the United Kingdom on the 15th. He embarked the UK the following day, arriving in Holland on the 17th, where he was posted to the Canadian Army, Continental Europe. The following Summer of 1954, he was transferred from the 2nd Battalion, PPCLI to No. 1 Provost Company (Europe) on July 2nd, where he was to serve for five months, before returning to the 2nd Battalion, PPCLI on November 30th. He followed that with a posting to Headquarters, No.1 Canadian Infantry Battalion at Soest, Germany on December 1, 1954, and after ten months, was transferred to Headquarters, Canadian Base Units Europe (CBUE) on October 11, 1955, where he would remain for ten weeks, until December 15th, when he embarked Europe for Canada, arriving home on December 21st. He was posted to the Royal Canadian School of Infantry at Camp Borden in the rank of Lieutenant (Short Service Officer, five years) and was accepted as a Lieutenant (Short Service Officer) in the Royal Canadian School of Infantry, effective September 8, 1956, before being taken on strength at No. 6 Personnel Depot in Toronto on March 19, 1957. LieutenantOsborn (ZB 10201) was honourably released from service with the Canadian Army, on April 30, 1957, credited with having served in Canada, Japan, Korea and Continental Europe.
Second World War/Korean War Veteran's Group of Four, Lieutenant Harold R. Osborn, Lincoln and Welland Regiment, PPCLI: Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; War Medal 1939-1945; Korea Medal (ZB 10201 H.R. OSBORN); and United Nations Korea Medal (ZB 10201 H.R. OSBORN). Naming is officially impressed on the KM and impressed on the UNKM, the Second World War pair are un-named. Un-mounted, original ribbons, bruising on the UNKM, light contact, near extremely fine. Accompanied by copies of his Certificate of Service, Attestation Paper, Index Cards, Service Records and assorted research papers.
Footnote: Harold Robert Osborn was born on November 14, 1916. He signed his Non-Permanent Active Militia of Canada Attestation Paper as a Corporal (B-557014) with the 2nd Battalion, Lincoln and Welland Regiment, on August 13, 1940 at Fort Erie, Ontario, naming his next-of-kin as his mother, Mrs. Carol Osborn of Fort Erie, which was later changed to his wife, Mrs. Evelyn Smith Osborn of Fort Erie, stating that he had no previous military service, that his religion was Protestant and that his trade was that of Sheet Metal Worker. He arrived at Niagara Camp for twelve days' training on September 9th, finishing on the 21st and was promoted to Acting Sergeant on December 17, 1940. He remained with the 2nd Battalion, Lincoln and Welland Regiment until January 20, 1942, when he was officially discharged from Non-Permanent Active Militia service, in the rank of Sergeant, in order to enlisted for Second World War service.Osborn enlisted as a Private (B-557014) on January 6, 1942 at No. 2 District Depot, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps Service Wing, Canadian Infantry Corps, in Toronto, Ontario, naming his next-of-kin as his wife, Mrs. Evelyn Smith Osborn. He was posted to No. 20 Canadian Army Basic Training Centre in Brantford, Ontario on February 6, 1942, where he saw two rank promotions: to Acting Lance Corporal on February 7th and to Lance Corporal on April 1st. He reverted to the rank of Private, on ceasing to be employed at No. 20 Canadian Army Basic Training Centre on April 8th. He was transferred to A-5 Royal Canadian Engineers Training Centre in Petawawa, Ontario on April 10, 1942, where he was to see a promotion to Acting Lance Corporal on June 1st. He was promoted to Acting Corporal and employed as an Instructor at the Reinforcement School of Instruction and later, the Home War Establishment School of Instruction beginning on September 1st. While at Petawawa, he qualified in the Senior Drill and Weapon Training Course on September 7th, achieving the ranks of Corporal on September 12th and Acting Lance Sergeant on December 1st. Two weeks after attaining the rank of Acting Lance Sergeant, he was attached to No. 31 Canadian Battle Drill Training Centre in Vernon, British Columbia on December 16th, where he attended the 8th Battle Drill Course. He was promoted to the rank of Acting Sergeant whilst covering a vacancy of Sergeant Instructor, on February 1, 1943, then promoted to Sergeant on February 25th. He was attached to S-3 Canadian Small Arms School at Long Branch, Ontario for five weeks, where he took the Platoon Weapons Course, from September 10 to October 16, 1943, then was promoted to Corporal on November 1st. In the Spring of 1944, Osborn was posted to A-10 Canadian Infantry Training Centre at Camp Borden on March 31st, for five months, until August 19th, at which point he was posted to No. 1 Officer Selection Appraisal Centre (OSAC) in Brockville, Ontario. Osborn was promoted to the rank of 2nd Lieutenant on February 10, 1945, volunteered for service in the Pacific theater on May 19th and qualified as a Lieutenant (Infantry). He was posted to A-21 Canadian Ordnance Electrical Mechanical Engineer Training Centre on July 20th, before being sent to the United States, where he was posted to Fort Benning in Georgia on August 8, 1945. His American posting would last six weeks, until September 18th, before he returned to Canada, where he was posted to A-10 Canadian Infantry Training Centre at Camp Borden on September 24th. As the Second World War had concluded, he was taken on strength at No. 2 District Depot in Toronto, on October 6, 1945, where he was promoted to Captain on October 27th. Osborn was struck off strength upon return to Reserve Status with the Lincoln and Welland Regiment on January 12, 1946, credited with having served in Canada and the United States. For his Second World War service, he was awarded the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and the War Medal 1939-1945. Lieutenant Osborn (TB1620) continued to serve with the Lincoln and Welland Regiment for next fifty-seven months, before being struck off strength of the Supplementary Reserve (Central Command), on transfer to the Canadian Army Special Force on October 26, 1950 and was taken on strength the following day, where he would assume the rank of Lieutenant (ZB 10201) in the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps. Osborn was sent to Wainwright, Alberta, to join the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, for eventual service in the Korean theatre, on November 6, 1950, finishing his training there on the 24th. He was then posted to Fort Lewis near Tacoma, Washington on November 30th, before proceeding to Korea with the Advance Water Party on March 28, 1951. He was granted a temporary rank in the Special Service Force and appointed to the Active Force in the rank of Lieutenant (Short Service Officer, five years) effective September 7, 1951, to have seniority in that rank from October 27, 1950 and to continue in that posting within the Special Force. Osborn was posted to Korea with the 2nd Battalion, PPCLI on October 7, 1951. After six months in the Korean theatre, he embarked for Japan on April 3, 1952, followed two weeks later by his embarkation from the Far East for Canada on April 16th. For his Korean War service, he was awarded the Korea Medal and United Nations Korea Medal. Upon arrival in Canada, he was transferred from the Canadian Army (Special Force) to 25 Canadian Reinforcement Group on April 17th, then posted the 2nd Battalion, PPCLI in Calgary, Alberta on June 30th. That Fall, he was posted to the Royal Canadian School of Infantry at Camp Borden, from October 8 to December 8, 1952, then returned to the 2nd Battalion, PPCLI in Calgary. It was here that he was to receive additional training for his upcoming service in post-war Europe. He was posted to the Advance Water Party on September 28, 1953, embarked Canada on October 7thand disembarked in the United Kingdom on the 15th. He embarked the UK the following day, arriving in Holland on the 17th, where he was posted to the Canadian Army, Continental Europe. The following Summer of 1954, he was transferred from the 2nd Battalion, PPCLI to No. 1 Provost Company (Europe) on July 2nd, where he was to serve for five months, before returning to the 2nd Battalion, PPCLI on November 30th. He followed that with a posting to Headquarters, No.1 Canadian Infantry Battalion at Soest, Germany on December 1, 1954, and after ten months, was transferred to Headquarters, Canadian Base Units Europe (CBUE) on October 11, 1955, where he would remain for ten weeks, until December 15th, when he embarked Europe for Canada, arriving home on December 21st. He was posted to the Royal Canadian School of Infantry at Camp Borden in the rank of Lieutenant (Short Service Officer, five years) and was accepted as a Lieutenant (Short Service Officer) in the Royal Canadian School of Infantry, effective September 8, 1956, before being taken on strength at No. 6 Personnel Depot in Toronto on March 19, 1957. LieutenantOsborn (ZB 10201) was honourably released from service with the Canadian Army, on April 30, 1957, credited with having served in Canada, Japan, Korea and Continental Europe.
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A Korean Conflict Group To Lieutenant Osborn; 2Nd Battalion Ppcli
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