Source: During search for Thomas James Osborne, reg. no. 123200 Circumstances of Death Card.
Find-A-Grave France
Find-A-Grave Canada This site had his place of death wrong.
Family Search: Private William Edward Osborne was born on 6 April 1886, in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom as the son of Frederick Osborne and Eliza Simmons. He married Mary Jane Field on 30 December 1907, in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He immigrated to Canada in 1906. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 30, his occupation is listed as painter and decorator in Ridgetown, Kent, Ontario, Canada. He died on 27 August 1918, in Vis-en-Artois, Pas-de-Calais, France, at the age of 32, and was buried in Tigris Lane Cemetery, Wancourt, Pas-de-Calais, France.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 