Company Sergeant Major John Osborn VC - 1st Bn, Winnipeg Grenadiers, Canadian Expeditionary Force

KNOWN GRAVES OF HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
IN: THE FAR EAST

CHINA - HONG KONG - JAPAN

Name Edward,
BAMFORD		 John Robert,
OSBORN		 Rayene Stewart,
SIMPSON
Rank Major Company Sergeant Major Warrant Officer II
Force Royal Marine Light Infantry * 1st Bn Winnipeg Grenadiers Australian Army Training Team, Vietnam
VC won Zeebrugge, Belgium,
22 - 23 April 1918		 Hong Kong,
19 December 1941		 Ben Het, Vietnam,
6 May 1969
London Gaz 23 July 1918 2 April 1946 29 August 1969
Born Highgate, North London,
28 May 1887		 Foulden, Norfolk,
2 January 1899		 Chippenden, NSW,
26 February 1926
Died 30 September 1928,
On board HMS Cumberland		 19 December 1941,
Hong Kong		 18 October 1978,
Tokyo, Japan
Grave Hungjao Cemetery, Shanghai, China
( cemetery no longer exists )		 No known grave
Name on Sai Wan Bay Memorial, Hong Kong		 Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan
( cremation )
Location
of VC		 Royal Marines Museum, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Canadian War Museum, Ottawa Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Remarks * Raid on Zeebrugge ( elected by ballot ) None DCM

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