Evan Frederick OWEN

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Service Number:	21428
Enlisted:	25 August 1917, Enlisted ta Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	2nd Field Squadron Engineers
Born:	Prahran, Victoria, Australia, 24 August 1899
Home Town:	Windsor, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engineer
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 1983, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Banksia, Wall H, Niche 678
Memorials:

25 Aug 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 21428, 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies, Enlisted ta Melbourne, Victoria
24 Jun 1918:	Involvement Sapper, 21428, 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Lydelton embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
24 Jun 1918:	Embarked Sapper, 21428, 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies, SS Port Lydelton, Sydney
28 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Field Squadron Engineers
13 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 21428, 2nd Field Squadron Engineers, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Oscar Meredith Owen and Alice Mary Owen nee Chisholm of Albert Street, Windsor, Victoria

Commenced his engineering apprenticeship with Victorian Railways on 3 March 1914.

Commenced return to Australia on 26 July 1919 aboard HT Burma disembarking on 29 August 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Melbourne

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1926c Evan married Florence Alves in Victoria