Osborn Barracks
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Osborn Barracks (Chinese: 奧士本軍營, now known as 九龍東軍營, lit. Kowloon East Barracks) was a British Army facility in Hong Kong. Located in the northern part of Kowloon on Waterloo Road and Junction Road (across the street from Hong Kong Baptist University. The military facility was it was named for Company Sergeant Major Jack Osborn of the Winnipeg Grenadiers Osborn was a Canadian who died defending Hong Kong in 1941. He was given the Victoria Cross and the a barrack in Hong Kong named in his honour in 1945. Osborn is buried at Sai Wan Bay War Cemetery on Hong Kong Island.
Part of the land of the Osborn Barracks (the east of Renfrew Road) was given to Hong Kong Baptist University for new campus development in early 1990s. However, the government refused to give the remaining land to the university.
After Hong Kong Handover, the Osborn Barracks is still in use, now by the Chinese People's Liberation Army in Hong Kong. However, the facility is criticized for blocking the way from Kowloon Tong Station to the area of Renfrew Road, causing inconvenience to the students from HKBU as well as IVE Lee Wai Lee Campus.
