Bert Lancelot OWEN

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Service Number:	3686
Enlisted:	27 July 1915, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Chiltern, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Chiltern Valley, Indigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Baker
Died:	Condobolin, New South Wales, Australia, 1965, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Condobolin Cemetery, NSW Anglican 3, Grave D22. Christian name misspelt as Birt
Memorials:	Shire of Chiltern Roll of Honour

27 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3686, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW
12 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3686, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
12 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3686, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
14 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Infantry Battalion, From 19th Battalion
26 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3686, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the left arm. Embarked for England on on 31 July 1916 aboard HS Dieppe
27 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 63rd Infantry Battalion, From 2nd Battalion at Windmill Hill
15 Dec 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Infantry Battalion, From 63rd Battalion
6 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3686, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Charles Owen and Mary Jane Owen nee Longmore of Chiltern Valley, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 28 March 1919 aboard HT City of Poona disembarking on 14 May 1919 at Melbourne

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1924c Bert married Rebecca Hand in Wagga Wagga, NSW