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Service Number:	352
Enlisted:	19 February 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	38th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Warragul, Victoria, Australia, 5 June 1959, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Warragul Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Church of England, Row W, Grave 033
Memorials:

19 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 352, 38th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
20 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 352, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
20 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 352, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
12 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 352, 38th Infantry Battalion
28 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 352, 38th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Gassed.
15 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 352, 38th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of James Owen and Mary Ann Owen nee Crawfield of Ballarat, Victoria.

Next of kin given as his sister Annie Kearney of Pilgrim Street, Footscray, Victoria.

On 19 May 1919 John married Doris Parton in the Woodford Parish Church, Amesbury, Wiltshire, England. Vicar Reginald E. Coles officiated

Commenced return to Australia on 23 July 1919 aboard HT Canberra disembarking on 11 September 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal