Arthur John OWEN

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Service Number:	7295
Enlisted:	5 May 1916, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horse Driver
Died:	Manly, New South Wales, Australia, 10 December 1946, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Salvation Army Section, Zone F, Row J, Grave 235
Memorials:

5 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7295, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
7 Feb 1917:	Involvement Private, 7295, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
7 Feb 1917:	Embarked Private, 7295, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
20 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7295, 13th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit.

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Son of Charles Owen and Caroline Hannah Owen of Norton Street, Leichhardt, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 22 August 1919 aboard HT Anchises disembarking on 11 October 1919 at Melbourne then went AWOL for a few days

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal