James Ewart Kerr Osborne

Rank:

Lieutenant Colonel

Unit at enlistment:

15th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Prisoner of war:

Yes

Cemetery:

Toronto Cemetery

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Brantford, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

Toronto, Ontario

Next of kin address:

C/O Massey-Harris Co. 54 Bunhill Road, London, England

Trade or calling:

Insurance Broker

Employer:

Massey-Harris Co.

Religious denominations:

Presbyterian

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Miscellaneous

Toronto Star - November 4, 1969

OSBORNE, Lieutenant Colonel J. Ewart, D.S.O. – Peacefully on Thursday, Oct. 30, 1969 at his home in Toronto, Lieutenant Colonel J. Ewart Osborne, D.S.O., survived by his daughter Elizabeth (Mrs. Charles Jennings), Aylmer East, Que.; his grandsons George and David Fawcett of Chester, England and Peter Jennings of New York City and his granddaughters, Sarah (Mrs. John Schloler) of Lagos, Nigeria and Sheana Meyers of Toronto; also by Mrs. Ann Craig, his friend of so many years. A private funeral service took place.

Toronto Star - November 4, 1969

Lt.-Col. J.E. Osborne flew plane in 1908

Lt.-Col. J. Ewart Osborne, an airman before the World War 1, died last week after a long illness.

His first flight was in Britain in 1908. Recalling the flight later, he said he st in a kitchen chair strapped to the flimsy frame of the craft.

He joined the army in 1914, won the DSO in the 48th Highland Regiment and spent three years as a prisoner of war.

Member of a wealthy family whose company, Osborne Plough, merged with Massey-Harris (now Massey-Ferguson), he graduated as an engineer from McGill University in 1900. He travelled extensively and in his youth was an expert polo player.

He leaves a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Jennings.