James Alfred OWEN

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Service Number:	2238
Enlisted:	9 March 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	56th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 1873
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 2 April 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

9 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2238, 56th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
4 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2238, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
4 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 2238, 56th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney

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Son of Samuel Owen and Emma Owen of Bathurst, NSW.

Next of kin given as his niece Lena Raymond Owen of Fitzgerald Street, Waverley, NSW

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal issued to his oldest brother Edwin Owen